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7233763804Why were Egyptian calendars so important?it predicted the flood of the nile0
7233764688zigguratsa stepped pyramid that honored Inanna1
7233766089Where did the earliest humans come from?africa2
7233766749The Hanging Gardens of Babylonwere created by King Nebuchadnezzar to represent the luxuriousness of the city3
7233767835Major harappan citiesharappa and mohenjo-daro4
7233768312ancient Indian godsbrahma and indra5
7233770310Mayan "ball games"used a rubber ball to play and the team that lost were to be sacrificed6
7233770311Lapita7
7233771462Aryan social hierarchyBrahmins- priests Kshatriyas- warriors and aristocrats Vaishyas-cultivators artisans and merchants Shandras-landless peasants8
7233773084Varnameans "color caste system of the aryan9
7233773085Jatisubcategories of the caste system (subcastes)10
7233774431The phoenician alphabet22 symbols that represented consonants and no vowels11
7233775274What were the effects of the Bantu migration?brought their language and12
7233775275Homo Habilis(man of skills) found in east africa and created stone tools13
7233777162Geographical barriers to the Bantu migration14
7233777163The state of Chuzhou dynasty15
7233777733Abraham16
7233780154Mary and Louise Leakey are called the "first family of paleontology"found the first woman named Lucy17
7233780166"Upright men"homo erectus were know as the "upright human being". they were the first to use fire and first to migrate and leave africa to europe and asia18
7233780806Vedasnumerous songs and poems: the earliest and most important is Rig Veda19
7233780807upanishadskarma; sought to achieve moksha20
7233782121Mayan calendarsolor year and ritual year21
7233782122karmawhat youve done effects your fate or future22
7233782123gilgamesh*fifth king of Uruk *Epic of Gilgamesh *constructed the massive walls of Uruk23
7233782810hammurabibabylonian conqueror that created a code of laws24
7233782811the structure of the caste systemPriests Warriors Artisans Peasants Untouchables25
7233783307judaism26
7233784915tuthmosis IIIruled with his step-mom queen Hatshepsut27
7233787332characteristics of the neolithic revolutionalso known as the agricultural revolution; transition from nomadic lifestyle and hunting to stationary, domestication of animals, and crops28
7235408921egyptian gods29
7235411101mayan civilization30
7235412041pharaohsthutmosis III; King Tut; Ramses II31
7235412882the phoenciansmerchants that migrated to mediterranian coast; alphabet;32
7235413941what genus does modern human beings belong to?homo sapiens33
7235415006the importance of rivers to all civilizationsirrigation for their crops34
7235418412How were the Egyptian civilization and the Sumerian civilization similar?35
7235419064the Aztec36
7235419065the conquest of the Aztec37
7235421042Mesopotamian writing systemscuneiform38
7235421043hyksos"foreign rulers; introduced horses and horse drawn chariots to egypt; captured memphis39
7235422814assyriansbrought back imperial rule to mesopotamia;40
7235422815menesunifier of upper and lower egypt41
7235422816sargonking of kish; conquered city-states and seized trade routes and natural resources; first empire42
7235423428the epic of gilgameshseries of stories about Gilgamesh and his friend, Enkidu, and their heroicness adventures43
7235451303The Aryanstook indra as leader; "noble people"; vedas; caste system; sacred language sanskrit44
7235452867The indo-european language45
7235454197results of bantu migrationiron metallurgy; language; new crops46
7235454198veneration of ancestors47
7235454732oracle bonesfortune tellers carved a question in a bone and subjected it to heat and used the splits to determine the answer48
7235454733chavin cultcult arose when maize became an important crop, however there is not much information on the cult49
7235455458the mayaearliest heirs of the olmecs50
7235456088mayan creation storypopul vuh51
7235456089brahmanpeople wanted to achieve moksha unify their soul with the universal soul, Brahman52
7235457696the progression for ancient civilizations for the development of metals53
7235457697harappan civilizationsewage system; untranslated language; ended by natural disasters and deforestation54
7235458888Qin dynastycame after the zhou dynasty55
7235458889Zhou dynastyiron metallurgy, "the mandate of heaven";56
7235459316Shang dynastybronze metallurgy; horse drawn chariots; powerful army57
7235460386what did all the early civilizations have in common58
7235462939nubian citiessmall kingdoms; Kush; heiroglyphics; amon and re; built pyramids59
7235464546which mesoamerican civilization did not form a system of writing?60

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