Exam 3: The Great River Valleys: Accelerating Change and Developing States

What was the central purpose of the sophisticated writing systems used by each of major river valley civilizations in Egypt,China,the Indus river valley,and Mesopotamia? How can these writings illuminate the economies,religious traditions and internal politics of each society?

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How did the development of agriculture affect cultural developments in different river civilizations?

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Question 42

The earliest evidence for the domestication of the horse comes from

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Question 43

Mesopotamian ziggurats are best characterized as

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Most surviving art from the Harappan civilization is preserved on

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How did the development of government and religion in Mesopotamia compare with a similar development in the Indus River Valley?

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Question 46

The most basic resource available to all the early river valley civilizations was the

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Question 47

For the ancient Chinese,the term "Heaven" (as in "Mandate of Heaven")is best described as

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Question 48

The Harappan writing that survives mainly

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Question 49

The earliest cities in Mesopotamia arose about

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Question 50

How did the ecology of the Nile River Valley civilization compare with the Mesopotamian?

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Question 51

Egyptian expeditions such as Queen Hatshepsut's mission to Punt reveal all of the following EXCEPT:

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What new tools of cultural expression did agriculture make possible? Who tended to control these tools,and what was the result?

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Question 53

Chinese writing is best described by the term

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Exam 3: The Great River Valleys: Accelerating Change and Developing States

What was the central purpose of the sophisticated writing systems used by each of major river valley civilizations in Egypt,China,the Indus river valley,and Mesopotamia? How can these writings illuminate the economies,religious traditions and internal politics of each society?

How did the development of agriculture affect cultural developments in different river civilizations?

The earliest evidence for the domestication of the horse comes from

Mesopotamian ziggurats are best characterized as

Most surviving art from the Harappan civilization is preserved on

How did the development of government and religion in Mesopotamia compare with a similar development in the Indus River Valley?

The most basic resource available to all the early river valley civilizations was the

For the ancient Chinese,the term "Heaven" (as in "Mandate of Heaven")is best described as

The Harappan writing that survives mainly

The earliest cities in Mesopotamia arose about

How did the ecology of the Nile River Valley civilization compare with the Mesopotamian?

Egyptian expeditions such as Queen Hatshepsut's mission to Punt reveal all of the following EXCEPT:

What new tools of cultural expression did agriculture make possible? Who tended to control these tools,and what was the result?

Chinese writing is best described by the term

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