What are these both examples of?

Statue of Demedji and Hennutsen, Old Kingdom Egyptian

Portrait of Mrs. Agosta and her husband 21st century, American

What is this and what is its’ importance to Egyptologists?

The Rosetta Stone

• It has the same thing written in three different writing systems: hieroglyphics, demotic (Egyptian writing that was easier than hieroglyphics), and Greek.

• It allowed archeologists to decipher (figure out) hieroglyphics by using the other languages there.

What is the title of the epic story

about a Sumerian king who goes on

many adventures?

The Epic of Gilgamesh

They all were

located along river

valleys.

What main feature did the ancient civilizations in the Fertile Crescent, Egypt, India and China

have in common?

Where do most people (in ancient times and modern times) like to live?

Near the coast and rivers (because that’s where the fertile land is!)

What are two memorable

accomplishments of the Phoenicians?

They were known for:

1. their seafaring skills2. their ship building

3. spreading Mesopotamian culture around the Mediterranean Sea

4. INVENTING THE ALPHABET

What is irrigation?

Bringing water from a river to farmland using ditches

or pipes.

The time period in which there was no civilization, no writing, people were nomadic, and farming had

not occurred yet was called __________________________.

The Old Stone Age or Paleolithic Age

What is a peninsula?

A piece of land

surrounded by water on three sides

Give one example of how people adapt to their environment.

• Fishing if you live near the sea.

• Dressing differently depending on the climate.

• Terrace farming on the sides of mountains.

• Building irrigation ditches to water crops.

Culture is sometimes referred to as “a blueprint for living.”

What do you think that means?

Culture is a person’s total way of life including how they eat, dress, behave and

speak.

It is like a blueprint because a blueprint is the general design for something like

culture is a general design for your life.

What were Harappa and

Mohenjo Daro?

Twin capitals of the ancient Indus river valley civilization that

showed a great amount of urban planning.

Which ancient civilization developed these?

How was ancient Sumer organized?

There were exceptions to this rule from the Hammurabi Code

in ancient Babylon:

“An eye for an eye”

If you hurt someone from a lower social class, the

punishment was not as harsh.

How did ideas and goods get from ancient

China to the rest of Asia and eventually

Europe?

Along the Silk Road!

What ancient Indian Empire can claim the accomplishments of

iron stupas, the concept of zero, Sanskrit and free medical care?

What is the Confucian idea of

filial piety?

Respect for parents (elders and family

too!)

What geographic factor greatly impacts

life in India?