Ways of the World : Second Edition
Chapter 2 : First Civilizations
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| 4834111974 | Norte Chico/Caral | Region along the central coast of Peru, home of a civilization that developed in period of 3000-1800 BCE. One of the earliest civilizations in America | 0 | |
| 4834112848 | Indus Valley Civilization | Home of a major civilization that emerged in what's now Pakistan during third millennium BCE in the valleys of the Indus and Sarawati rivers. Noted for uniformity and elaborate cities | 1 | |
| 4834113347 | Central Asian/Oxus Civilization | First civilization with signs of social class distinctions seen by images but never in text, for the oxus civilization was illiterate. Unique cultural styles | 2 | |
| 4834114500 | Olmec Civilization | Early civilization developed along the coast of Mexico around 1200 BCE. had a lot of influence and trade activity that spread through the world | 3 | |
| 4834114501 | Uruk | The largest city in ancient Mesopotamia. Located in southern region of Sumer. First "true" city of the world, origin of of writing, first example of architecture in stone | 4 | |
| 4834115341 | Monhenjo Daro/Harappa | A major city in the Indus valley civilization that flourished around 2000 BCE. Has evidence of religious practices/farming settlements. | 5 | |
| 4834117426 | Epic Of Gilgamesh | The most famous literary work from ancient Mesopotamia that tells the story of one man's quest for immortality.large part of Mesopotamias history | 6 | |
| 4834118295 | Code of hammurabi | A series of laws publicized as the order of King Hammurabi of Babylon. It's not actually a code, but a number of laws that proclaim the kings commitment to social order | 7 | |
| 4834118466 | patriarchy | "Rule of the father" social system of male dominance. This shows that men were progressively becoming dominant | 8 | |
| 4834119434 | Rise of the state | A progress of centralization that took place in first civilizations, growing out of the greater complexity of urban life in recognition of the need for coordination, regulation, and military leadership | 9 | |
| 4834120329 | Egypt "the gift of the Nile" | Egypt is often known as the gift of the Nile because the region would not have been able to support a significant human population without Niles annual inundation, which provided rich silt deposits and made agriculture possible | 10 | |
| 4834120330 | Paneb | Egyptian criminal who lived around the 13th century most knowledge about Paneb comes from a document which has survived that was written by archival amennakht. | 11 | |
| 4834120439 | Nubia | A civilization to the south of Egypt in the Nile Valley, noted development of alphabetic writing system and major iron working industry in 500 BCE | 12 |
