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True Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cognero. The term Indo-European refers to people whose language derived from a single parent tongue. Hominids existed as long as 3 to 4 million years ago in a.
South America. North America. The first anatomically modern humans, known as Homo sapiens sapiens, a. Lascaux b. Chauvet c. Andalusia d. Pyrenees e. Copyright Cengage Learning. In ancient civilizations, bronze would replace copper because a. The early Neolithic era saw a. All of these are correct. What historians refer to as an agricultural revolution a. The Sumerians a. The Sumerian government a.
Sumerian kings derived their authority from a. The vast majority of the population in Sumerian city-states worked as a. The physical environment of the Mesopotamians generally led to a. Mesopotamian religion was a. The written script of the Sumerians is known as a. The Epic of Gilgamesh teaches that a. The ruler of Akkad, who established the first empire in Sumeria ca. Gilgamesh was a. Punishments for crimes under the Code of Hammurabi a.
Which of the following statements best applies to the status of women in Mesopotamian society? Women exclusively controlled offices in the priesthood. Divorce laws applied equally to men and women. Punishments for adultery were light compared to those for men. Woman had political but no religious rights. Unlike the rivers in Mesopotamia, the Nile River a. The focal points and sources of life for the ancient Egyptians were the a.
Nile River and the pharaohs. Nile River and the military. In comparison to Mesopotamian society, Egyptian society was a. According to Egyptian theology, the pharaoh derived his authority from a. For administrative purposes in the Old Kingdom, Egypt was a.
The Hyksos a. Which of the following Egyptian gods was most closely associated with the mummification of the dead? Horus b. Osiris d. Isis e. Originally the Osiris cult was reserved for a. The Egyptian pyramids were a. Which of the following is NOT true of Egyptian art? It was largely individually expressive, illustrated by many identifiable artists.
It was primarily functional and not intended to add beauty.
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