Sumerian school day
sun up to sun down
Mesopotamia means.....
"land between the rivers"
Egyptian Civilization
Gift of the Nile
polytheism
belief in many gods
group of countries ruled by an emperor
empire
a believer in Islam
Muslim
fertile
productive growth
Ziggurat
pyramid-shaped tower temple
River of Sand
Nile River
monotheism
belief in one God
Egyptians built these to carry water
canals
City where Muhammad was born
Mecca
irrigation
way of bringing water to dry land
Class System
society divided into different social groups
Pharaoh
Egyptian ruler
Jerusalem
city claimed by three religions as their birthplace
used to make pottery and bricks
Nile mud
Islamic sacred text
Qu'ran
Three Rivers
Nile, Tigris, Euphrates
cuneiform
Sumerian system of writing
hieroglyphics
Egyptian system of writing
Abraham
father of Judaism
Hebrew/Jewish religion
Judaism
Name of the Muslim god
Allah
Muhammad
father of Islam
scribes
society's record keepers
mummification
treating a dead body with preservatives to keep from decaying
Jesus
"father" of Christianity
Greek word for "Christ"
MEssiah
What Muslim Empire made Istanbul their capital city?
Ottoman Empire
Name of the Jewish God
Yahweh
Class system section where slaves were
bottom
paper like material
Papyrus
Christian sacred text
Bible
Government ruled by a religious leader
theocracy
Name of the ruler of the Ottoman Empire
Sultan