The Earliest People
Stories about past events, people, and places
What is History?
The longest river in the World
What is the Nile River?
Egyptians used pictures to write with We call these pictures..
What are hieroglyphs ?
The king of Egypt was called a __________, considered both king and god.
What is a Pharaoh?
"Before Common Era" or Before Christ
What does BC mean?
Wanderers of the land
What are nomads?
Tool used to help with the farming of the land
What is a shaduf ?
Egyptians used this material to carve their pictures in
What is stone?
The pharaoh of Old Kingdom of Egypt for whom the largest pyramid at Giza was built for was named Pharaoh __________ .
Who is Cheops or Khufu?
"In the Year of our Lord"
What is Anno Domini?
The land in which the first nomads settled
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Describe where the upper and lower kingdoms of Egypt were located.
Upper is south by the mountains, lower is north by the Mediterranean
Sumerian picture-writing is called
What is cuneiform?
The process of dead bodies being preserved
What is embalming or mummification?
The God that was tricked into dying in a coffin
Who is Osiris?
Study of human activity through the excavation and investigation of material culture
What is Archeology?
Two kings who fought over Ancient Egypt. The one that won did this to show he ruled over all Egypt.
Created a White & Red Crown King?
Eventually, the Egyptians made this material to write on.
What is Papyrus?
How many years did the Old Kingdom of Egypt last?
What is 1,000 years?
King __________ of Babylon wrote a famous set of __________.
Who is Hammurabi, Laws ?
The two main rivers that run through the Fertile Crescent
What is the Euphrates and Tigris River?
The Nile runs into this particular body of water
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The name of the people who drew pictures into Wet Clay.
Who are the Sumerians?
A big stone coffin
What is a sarcophagus?
One of the first fiction stories recorded in writing is the story of __________________.
What is Gilgamesh?