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Ancient Civilizations

What Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus, China, Greece, Rome and the Maya built, wrote and invented

Ancient Civilizations is a Bertopia flashcard pack of 72 cards: what Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus, China, Greece, Rome and the Maya built, wrote and invented. It covers ancient Egypt; Mesopotamia; the Indus Valley; ancient China; ancient Greece; ancient Rome; the Maya.

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The Great Pyramid of Giza was built as the tomb of which pharaoh?
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Khufu
It was built for Khufu around 2600 BCE. His son Khafre and grandson Menkaure built the two other big pyramids beside it.
Writing first appeared in southern Mesopotamia around when?
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3400 BCE
It started around 3400 BCE as little pictures. Over time, marks pressed into clay with a reed became the wedge-shaped script called cuneiform. Egypt developed writing at about the same time, and which came first is still debated.
The ancient Indus Valley cities were mostly in which modern countries?
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Pakistan and northwest India
The civilisation grew along the Indus River. Its great city Mohenjo-daro lies in Pakistan, north of Karachi.
Diviners of China's Shang dynasty asked the gods questions by heating what until it cracked?
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Cattle bones and turtle shells
A glowing hot rod was pressed on the bone. The cracks were read as the answer, and the question and answer were carved into the bone.
The ancient Olympic Games, first held in 776 BCE, were part of a festival for which god?
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Zeus
The games took place at Olympia, a sanctuary of Zeus, and were held every four years. A giant statue of Zeus there was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Roman aqueducts mostly brought fresh water into cities from where?
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Springs out in the countryside
Rome built its first aqueduct to bring water from springs out in the countryside. Later aqueducts carried spring or river water for many kilometres.

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