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Ancient Civilizations
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Mesopotamia India
Cuneiform Caste System
What year was it created? What were the four major social
What materials were needed categories in Aryan society?
to write? Who were the untouchables?

Hammurabi Hinduism
What was The Code of Hammurabi? What is Hinduism?
How did the code affect Sumerian What are some of the key components of
society? Hinduism?

Ziggurats Accomplishments
What was the purpose What were some of the big
of building the Ziggurats? accomplishments and advancements
in Ancient India?

Egypt Israel
Mummification King Solomon
Why did the Egyptians practice mummification?
What was King Solomon most
How long does the process take?
well-known for?
What other objects were placed inside the tombs?
What did he build?

Pharaohs The Promised Land

Who was the first woman to
become pharaoh? What was the promise land?
What does the word “pharaoh”
translate to?
Moses
Hieroglyphics
What were hieroglyphics? Who was Moses?
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ANSWER KEY
Mesopotamia India
Caste System
Cuneiform • Brahmin (highest class), Kshatriyas
(warrior/military class), Vaisyas (commoners),
• It was created approximately 3000 B.C. and Sudras (peasants)
• Clay tablets and a sharpened reed are used,
They bake the clay in the sun and the tablets would • The untouchables are the lowest level in Indian
last a long time. society and were treated inhumanely.

Hinduism
Hammurabi • Major religious system of India. Beliefs
originate from the Aryans. Many gods
• It was a collection of 282 cruel and goddesses – most important is
and unjust laws. Brahma.
• It created a fearful and unequal society. • It supported the social caste system. They believed in
reincarnation and many gods and goddesses. They
believed in karma, dharma, and practiced yoga.

Ziggurats Accomplishments
• Ancient India provided major contributions in the
• Sumerians built the temples worship gods fields of science, especially astronomy.
and goddesses that they believed were in • Siddhartha Gautama helped to inspire the great
charge of the city-states. Indian architecture of this time period. They
wanted to spread the word of his teachings.
Religious structures were built, using pillars,
stupas, and rock chambers.

Egypt Israel
Mummification King Solomon
• To preserve bodies for the afterlife.
• The process took 70 days. • King Solomon was known as the wisest king
• Possessions, jewelry, and food were placed of all..
inside the tombs. • He built the temple in Jerusalem and reigned
over Israel in the golden age.
Pharaohs The Promised Land
• Hatshepsut • The “Promised Land” refers to the land
• The literal definition means “great house” or “palace”. of Canaan. A story in the Bible
It is a ruler in ancient Egypt. describes God promising Abraham and
his followers a homeland.

Hieroglyphics Moses
• They are form of writing used by the • Moses was the Hebrew prophet and
Ancient Egyptians. They are pictures that leader of the Hebrew people. He
represent things, ideas, or sounds. received the Ten Commandments
• The tools used were chisels and hammers according to the Bible. He led the people
to use on stone tablets or walls. They used out of confinement. God made a
brushes for wood or papyrus. covenant with Moses.

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China Rome
Dynasties The Roman Empire
When was the Roman
What were the first four
Empire established?
dynasties in ancient China?
What facts do you know about Describe the daily life
each one? and economy of the
Roman Empire.

Bronze Age Roman Law

When did China have its
Bronze Age What are Roman laws that
(during which dynasty?) we still use in today’s legal
What was created system?
during this time?
Why are they important?

The Great Wall The Fall of Rome

Do you think the wall
was effective in Describe six theories that led
keeping out invaders? to the fall of Rome.
Why or why not?

Greece Design Your Own

Ancient Civilization!
Minoan & Mycenaean Draw a picture of what your civilization
Civilization looks like:

Describe the Minoan and

Mycenaean civilizations.

The Dark Ages

What was life like for the
Greeks during their dark
ages?

Homer
Who was Homer?

What were Homer’s

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China
Dynasties Rome
• Xia, Shang, Zhou, and Qin were the first

The Roman Empire

four dynasties.
• Little is known about the Xia dynasty. First
recorded history in ancient China began in
the Shang dynasty. Zhou was the longest • The Roman Empire was established in
lasting dynasty in China’s history. Zhou 27 BC.
was divided into two dynasties – Western • There was a large gap between rich and
and Eastern. Chinese politics dramatically poor. The poor lived in shabby houses that
changed during the Qin dynasty. could collapse or burn at any moment.

Bronze Age • The economy was focused on farming and

trade. Most Romans were farmers.
• Bronze work during the Shang Dynasty is Farmers would sell their crops in markets
one of the greatest cultural achievements around Roman towns. They had to pay
in the ancient world. The technique they taxes in money and with food. The rich
used involved liquid bronze being poured owned a lot of property and made slaves
over tightly packed clay molds. This work on it.
allowed the artists to apply designs
directly to their mold. Their favorite design
was the “Taotie” masks. Roman Law
The Great Wall 1. Person seen as innocent
• It was successful during until proven guilty. (This would prevent
its time to keep out the invaders. Millions of someone who didn’t commit a crime from
common people were called to build the walls. serving a life-long sentence.)
Many people died while making the wall – 2. Accused people are allowed to
possible over 400,000 people – many were
defend themselves in front of a
buried within the wall itself.
judge. (This prevents someone manipulating
or lying about the accused person.)
3. Judge weighs all evidence before
decision. (A judge must be equal and fair. If

Greece
a judge focused only on one piece of evidence,
he could miss the big picture.)

Minoan & Mycenaean The Fall of Rome

• The Minoan Civilization flourished between
2700 and 1450 BC. The Minoans were located on
the large island of Crete. They existed during Invasions
Greece’s bronze age and used bronze to make Military
weapons and other tools.
• Mycenae was a site in the Mycenaean Greek Plague
civilization that flourished around 1600-1100 Economic Collapse
B.C. The civilization was made up of powerful
monarchies. Overexpansion
The Dark Ages Religion
• Art and bronze casting ceased as well as
certain script writing. Iron replaced bronze in
weapon-making to make it more affordable
for consumers. Trade links were lost and
villages were abandoned. Large numbers of
Greeks left the mainland and sailed to
various islands.
Homer
• Unsure of birthdate,
very little is known about Homer except he was
the greatest Greek poet of all time.
• His two famous works include The Iliad and
the The Odyssey.

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Power Words Mesopotamia:

Vocabulary Review! fertile

crescent
city-states nomad

Egypt: India:
mummification hieratic caste untouchables
Giza system
reincarnation
script

Israel: China:
“ten lost oracle Terracotta Confucianism
prophets Judaism
tribes” bones Army

Greece: Rome:
Pax Twelve Punic
polis epic poem Socratic Romana Tables Wars
Method

Design Your Own Ancient Civilization!

Timeline of Important Events: Describe the daily life and the
economy of your civilization:

What did your civilization create

and why?
 Power Words Mesopotamia:

ANSWER KEY
fertile crescent
an area of fertile land
city-states nomad
A wanderer,
in the Middle East, the basic someone who
located around the units of
Tigris and Euphrates travels place to
Sumerian
Rivers. This is were
civilization
place without a
ancient civilizations permanent
flourished.
residence.

Egypt: India:
mummification caste system untouchables reincarnation
A practice used
Giza hieratic script rigid social Lowest level in The belief that a
A simplified version of categories that Indian society. person’s soul is
by Egyptians. The city where
hieroglyphics. Using dashes determine each reborn in a
Drying of a dead the Great and strokes to represent different form
Pyramid is person’s position
body to prevent the pictures in after death.
located. hieroglyphics in Indian society.
rotting.

Israel: China:
prophets oracle bones Terracotta Confucianism
Jews believed that
“ten lost tribes”
The tribes from the
Judaism
A religion that
pieces of turtle Army The ideas and
philosophy of
certain religious Kingdom of Israel fled bone or shell used A massive collection Confucius – ethical
to other parts of the developed among
teachers (prophets) to try and predict of clay sculptures and not spiritual. He
Assyrian Empire after ancient Hebrews that
were sent by God to they were conquered. future events by representing the strongly believed in
flourished as a world
serve as a voice to They merged with supernatural army of Qin Shi self-improvement
religion. It later
his people. neighboring people and means Huang, the first and education.
influenced Christian
eventually lost their Emperor of China.
identity. and Islamic religions
of today.

Greece: Rome:
epic poem Socratic Method Pax Romana Twelve Tables Punic Wars
polis Long narrative
poem about A form of discussion
the peace that
existed between
The first code of
laws in Ancient
Armed conflicts
between
Greek heroic deeds, by asking and nationalities
Rome – adopted in
ancient Rome
usually featuring answering questions within Roman and Carthage.
city-states a hero going on a to engage in critical Empire
450 BC.

journey. thinking.

Design Your Own

Ancient Civilization!
Creative writing activity, answers will
vary.
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