Review of Ancient Civilizations & World Religions

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All the Ancient civilizations practiced what type of religion?

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Polytheism

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What was the mandate of Heaven?

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The god given, divine right to rule of China's early kings and emperors

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What was the writing system called in Ancient Egypt?

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Hieroglyphics

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What was the purpose of the Great Pyramids?

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house the mummified bodies of pharaohs

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What was the role of the pharaoh in ancient Egypt?

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King and God of Egypt

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What civilisation of Ancient Mesopotamia first built a ziggurat?

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Sumer

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What did a ziggurat look like?

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Like a pyramid with large steps or levels

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Hammurabi's Code was a system of laws that helped: bring equality to social classes., increase the strength of the military., maintain order and unity in the region., build irrigation throughout the region.

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maintain order and unity in the region.

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Which two rivers does Mesopotamia lie between? Options: Tigris and Euphrates, Euphrates and Tiber, Yangtze and Huang He, Tiber and Nile

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Tigris and Euphrates

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The land between two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers (in modern day Iraq and Iran)

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Mesopotamia