Mesopotamia Geography
Mesopotamia developed along these rivers.
What are the Tigris & Euphrates River?
This was the first Mesopotamian settlement.
What is the Ubaid?
This building was the tallest & largest in ever city-state with political, religious, and various stores found within it.
What is a ziggurat?
They bought and sold all the goods for Mesopotamia.
Who are merchants?
This was the "giver" and "taker" of life.
What is the Nile?
These were tombs for the Kings.
What are pyramids?
The first time period in Egypt.
What is the Old Kingdom?
This was built to carry water from the rivers to help crops grow.
What is irrigation?
What are caravans?
He created the first set of laws based on "an eye for an eye".
Who is Hammurabi?
They wrote down all records & writings for the people of Mesopotamia.
Who are the scribes?
Surplus crops were saved during these times.
What is famine?
This word means "Great Gouse" and was a title for Kings.
What is Pharaoh?
During this period, these changes occurred:
Massive building projects (temples & pyramids)
New irrigation canals built
Trade with other kingdoms increased
What is the Middle Kingdom?
Besides Mesopotamia, it was also known as this, which had very rich soil for crops to grow.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
This was an independent settlement with its own wall and land.
What is a city-state?
To take over a region by force.
What is conquer?
This system of government called a monarchy was led by this person.
Who is the king?
When this happened, it helped make the land very fertile.
What is flooding?
This was a line of family members that ruled.
What is a dynasty?
This was the 2nd time period, where the Hyksos conquered much of Egypt.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
This was an extra amount of crops that were used to trade and help grow the settlement.
What is a surplus
This poem was one of the oldest pieces of literature.
What is a the Epic of Gilgamesh?
He created the world's first empire.
Who is Sargon?
They used the natural resources found in Mesopotamia to create goods like jewelry, pottery, and other luxury items.
Who are the craft workers?
This was the belief of worshipping many gods & goddesses.
What is polytheism?
Preserving the body into this helped Egyptians enter the afterlife.
What is a mummy?
Two achievement occured during this time period:
first full time army
Kings became pharaoh
What is the New Kingdom?
Bathing, Washing, Drinking, Fishing, and Travel
What are the uses of the Tigris, Euphrates, and Nile River
This type of religion had many gods & goddesses.
What is polytheism?
This system of government was led by a king.
What is a monarchy?
This divided the people into different groups based on their status or jobs (king, priest & scribes)
What is social structure?
This Pharoah reverted Egypt back to polytheism as the previous King changed to monotheism.
Who is King Tut?
These foreign invaders conquered Egypt during the Middle Kingdom.
Who are the Hyksos?
This was the last time period when King Tut ruled over Egypt.
What is the New Kingdom?