CRY ME
A RIVER
A RIVER
The world's longest river
the Nile
Mesopotamia today
Iraq, mainly
Sargon
(who he was, location & what he's known for)
King of Akkadia
Conquered the Sumerian city states to create the first empire, the Akkadian Empire
I'm the dude who discovered Uruk
William Loftis!
What contributions* did ancient **Mesopotamians** make to civilization? Give an example of at least one we still use today.
*innovations, inventions, discoveries
code of law
arch
dome
metalurgy
writing
math
astronomy
How does geography help explain both the rise and fall of Mesopotamia?
p 23-24
Gilgamesh
(who he was, location & what he's known for)
A ruler in Sumer, known for The Epic of Gilgamesh, which included an account of the Great Flood
I'm the time span of this chapter.
3500 to 500 BC
Mesopotamia's relative location to rivers
between the Tigris and Euphrates.
The word "Mesopotamia" means "between the rivers".
The city where Mesopotamian ruins were found
Uruk
Hammurabi
(who he was, location & what he's known for)
King and founder of Babylon. Known for the harsh rule of law known as the Code of Hammurabi, physical copies of which still survive
We were the first civilization
Sumerians!
What contributions* did ancient **Egyptians** make to civilization? Give an example of at least one we still use today.
*innovations, inventions, discoveries
pyramids
government bureaucracy
system of writing
paper
How did Mesopotamia go from “Farmer Bob feeds his family” to civilization?
P 24
Hatshepsut
(who he was, location & what she's known for)
Pharaoh of Egypt; one of only 4 female pharaohs in Egypt's history
I'm one of the recent archeological discoveries in Egypt
-dozens of elaborate sarcophogi discovered (2020)
-art in tomb with original color still intact (2026)
-portion of Illiad found in mummy (2026)
The three modern-day countries you can find the Tigris & Euphrates
Türkiye, Iraq, and Syria
The city where Khufu's pyramid is
How does geography help explain both the rise and longevity of Egypt?
p 34-35
Akhenaten, or, Amenhotep IV
(who he was, location & what she's known for)
Pharaoh of Egypt. He got rid of the old Egyptian gods and introduced the worship of Aton, the sun disc*.
King Tut, who came next, reversed Akhenaten / Amenhotep IV's changes. Akhenaten / Amenhotep IV was very unpopular, and attempts were made to eradicate him from Egyptian history
*You may recall that Ra was the falcon-headed sun god. Aton is the disc shape of the sun itself.
I'm the civilization that invented arches and domes
Sumerians!