Flashcards: Ancient Civilizations: Foundations and Developments — 10 cards

Pyramids — function?

Royal tombs for afterlife

Neolithic Revolution — importance?

Shift to farming and permanent settlements.

Neolithic Revolution — date?

8000 BC

Hammurabi's Code — role?

First legal code establishing justice.

Hammurabi's Code — purpose?

First legal code establishing justice

Egyptian society — focus?

Centered around Nile; divine kingship.

Pyramids — symbol?

Afterlife and royal power.

Yellow River — influence?

Shaped Chinese civilization; flooding.

Chinese characters — type?

Logographic, universal literacy.

Mandate of Heaven — purpose?

Justify dynastic rule; disasters signal loss.