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Where did the first civilization occur?

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Fertile Crescent

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Which early civilization had the first carefully planned cities?

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Harappan

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What city was restored as the center of an empire 1000 years after being the center of another empire?

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Babylon

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What was the relationship between Egypt and Nubia during the period of the New Kingdom?

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Egypt dominated the Nubians

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What is the name of the fertile windblown soil that makes the Huang He river appear to be yellow?

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Loess

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What Chinese philosopher stressed social order, harmony and good government?

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Confucius

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Confucius believed it was necessary for society to be organized around five different what?

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relationships

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What Persian ruler was known for his skills as a government administrator and his military conquests?

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Darius

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What was Cyrus known for?

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Toleration of religion and diversity

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What type of government did Shi Huangdi form, where the ruler had complete power and used it in an arbitrary manor?

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autocracy

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What ruler had the famous code of laws?

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Hammurabi

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What form of writing uses pictures to stand for ideas?

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pictographs

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What is the belief in more than one god?

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Polytheism

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What did the Shang kings use to consult with their gods?

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Oracle bones

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Settlements in this valley were constructed of oven baked bricks.

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Indus Valley

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Which ruler is considered to be both a king and a god?

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Pharoah

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Belief in the divinity of the pharaoh made the Egyptian government this.

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A theocracy

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This was the location of Nebuchadnezzars hanging gardens.

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Babylon

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What was the main reason for the Egyptian empires decline?

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Attacks from new and powerful enemies

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What is a series of rulers who comes from one family?

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Dynasty

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This person restored the city of Babylon.

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Nebuchadnezzar

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This city became a major manufacturer of iron weapons and tools.

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Meroe

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This region was south of Egypt and connected them and the Mediterranean world with the interior of Africa and the Red Sea.

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Nubia

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Who used bridges, ladders, and tunnels in their militarysuccesses?

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The Assyrians

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What do Daoism and the concept of yin and yang focus on?

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Natural order

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Final Jeopardy

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This was the Egyptian god who weighed the persons heart against a feather to see if the person would live an eternal afterlife.

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Anubis or Osiris