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This man created the first set of written laws in Mesopotamia right after the Bronze Age.

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Who is Hammurabi?

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This civilization was notable for having the first sewage system.

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What is the Indus River Valley?

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This civilization created a calendar that would correspond with their nearby river.

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What is Ancient Egyptor

The Nile River Valley?

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These are two of the technological items that were first discovered and created by the Huang He river valley.

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What are silk, porcelain, cast iron, bronze, or coined money?

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This was the only river valley to not have a natural barrier protecting them.

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What is the Tigris and Euphrates river valley?

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A government that is ruled and controlled by religious figures.

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What is a theocracy?

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The historical pattern of the rise, decline, and replacement of dynasties

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What is the dynastic cycle?

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An economic system in which the government makes all economic decisions.

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What is a command economy?

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A tiered, pyramid-shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple

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What is a ziggurat?

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The development of skills in a particular kind of work, such as bartering or record

keeping.

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What is specialization?

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In Buddhism, this was known as the state of enlightenment.

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What is nirvana?

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It was known that there is a polytheistic belief but no formal founders in this religion and beliefs in reincarnation.

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What is Hinduism?

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He was chosen by the Jews as their official leader/founder becoming the first monotheistic religion.

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Who is Abraham?

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These were the two “guidelines” to live by in the Buddhist religion in order to have good karma.

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What are the Eight Fold Path and

the Four Noble Truths?

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The total of good and bad deeds done in one’s lifetime.

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What is dharma?

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The first system of writing even before the Egyptian's hieroglyphics.

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What is cuneiform?

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The time period where revelations in technology had occurred.

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What is the Bronze Age?

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These are the two empires that India are seen to have a golden age under.

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What are the Gupta and Mauryan empires?

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In many early BC/BCE cultures, this type of economy system was regularly used.

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What is a traditional economy?

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This was a bureaucratic dynasty ruling for over 4 centuries with common conflicts with nomads.

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What is the Han Dynasty?

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This philosopher created the guidelines for being a true gentleman in the Analects.

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Who is Confucius?

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In this philosophy, it was believed that punishments are the best way to maintain social order in a society.

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What is Legalism?

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This philosophy’s common belief was that natural order is more important than social order.

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What is Daoism?

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The concept of the Daoism term Ying and Yang revolve around what idea?

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What is natural order?

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The ideas of Legalism have greatly influenced this Chinese emperor.

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Who is Shi Huangdi?

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The Byzantine Empire had first gained many of it’s ideas from this ancient empire.

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What is the Roman Empire?

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This was the Persian empire’s form of a governor in each province.

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What is a satrap?

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A great contribution to written language was made with this Phoenician innovation.

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What is the alphabet?

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These early Mediterranean people were most accessible to sea travel.

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Who are the Assyrians?

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This Persian emperor created this unique route for trade and communication throughout the empire.

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Who is Darius?

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