Ancient River Civilization

ancient civilization and historical region in Southern Mesopotamia

• Indus valley

• Sumerian

• Shang

• Egyptian

Indus Valley Civilization is a _ age civilization

• Early Bronze

• Bronze

What word means "the land between two rivers"

Writing system was largely pictographic which included many abstract signs

• Indus Valley Civilization

• Sumerian Civilization

• Egyptian

• Shang

first to use the potter's wheel

• Sumerian Civilization

• Indus Valley Civilization

• Egyptian Civilization

• Shang Civilization

what do you call the writing system used by Sumerian civilization where they used triangular of wedge-shaped reeds to write on clay tablets

TRUE OR FALSE: The Indus people followed the GRID SYSTEM in which roads were cut, dividing the town into large rectangular or triangular blocks

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

towns were cut into large rectangular or SQUARE blocks, NOT triangular blocks

no clear idea of political organization

• Sumerian Civilization

• Indus Valley Civilization

• Shang Civilization

• Egyptian Civilization

TRUE OR FALSE: The Sumerians worshipped not one, but many gods and goddesses

• TRUE

• FALSE

What age did Sumerian Civilization exists?

• Early Bronze

• Bronze