Chapter 2 Study Aide

5. Nobles or lords are granted the use of land that legally belonged to the king.
6. Early civilization that had the first carefully planned cities with sophisticated plumbing.
9. Flexible writing system of Ancient Egypt that stood for ideas and sounds
13. Crescent, Landscape in Southwest Asia. It was where were the first civilization arose.
14. One of the rulers of the Babylonian Empire. Created a uniform set of laws that helped unify his empire
16. A simple form of writing formed of pictures.
17. Egyptian God King that was thought to be almost as splendid and powerful as the gods of Heaven.
18. of Heaven, A just ruler originally developed to justify the overthrowing of the Zhou over the Shang.
19. Used as tombs or resting places for the people of importance.

1. Contain the major building of the city in the Indus.
2. Yellowish fertile soil
3. A series of rulers from a single family in China
4. A government based on religious authority.
7. Egypt, Created a 365 day calendar that was off by only 6 solar hours.
8. Evidence exists that there were movement of goods and ideas between Egypt and the Indus valley.
10. The belief of one or more gods. All civilizations were this
11. Churning Rapids
12. A group of several people, nations, or independent states united together under one ruler.
15. A seasonal wind that dominated Indus and destroyed crops.
20. A dynasty that was the first family of rulers to leave written records.