World History Chapter 1 Test Flashcards
Political Mesopotamia
City states
Priests - leaders
Gov - cause of irrigation
Warrior kings
Culture Mesopotamia
Dieties
Polytheistic
Ziggurats
Beginning of math and astronomy
Decided fate
Economic Mesopotamia
Based on agriculture
Invented bronze
Increased job specialization and long distance trade
Crossroads
Slave labor
Egypt social
Social class Slaves Mostly patriarchy Woman had bit more respect Social mobility
Egypt political
Pharaoh a were leaders “gods”
Religious gov
Egypt culture
Horus - God pharaohs rule
Hieroglyphics - writing system
Worshipped gods
art
Economic Egypt
Isolated
Based on agriculture
Labor systems ( slaves)
Job specialization
Indus Valley social
Social class Women can own land
China social
Distinct social class
Patriarchy
Shamans
Political China
Dynasties
Shi
Empereres and court
Culture China
Amulets Oracle bones Shamans Pictographs Confucianism Emphasis on spiritual wold and ancestors and family Polytheistic
Economic China
Isolated
Rice and wheat
Made silk- trade
Mesopotamia
Social
Slaves
Priests at top
Social class
Social mobility
