Mesopotamia
the land between two rivers?
What is Mesopotamia?
River that flows from south to north
What is the Nile?
collection of Aryan hymns, spells, and religious teachings
What are Vedas?
new settlement started by an established one
What is a Colony?
exact spot on the planet where a place is located
small mineral particles that come from rivers
What is silt?
Egypt's capital during the Old Kingdom
What is Memphis?
Aryan chiefs
Rajahs
something that you must or must not do
What is a commandment?
imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.
people who are trained to read and write
what is a scribe?
government official
What is a bureaucrat?
Two main cities of the Indus Valley
What is Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
leader that build the first jewish temple in Jerusalem
Who is Solomon?
Science of living and nonliving things on the earth and the way they affect one another.
What is Geography?
tool used to write on clay tablets
what is a stylus
Pharao of the the New Kingdom in about 1550 BCE
Who is Ahmose
fortresses that sit high above a city
What is a citadel
Word derived from ancient Phoenician city of Byblos
What is the Bible?
reed found along the Nile river, used to make scrolls
What is Papyrus
the Sumerian way of writing
What is Cuneiform?
line of rulers that are all related
What is a dynasty?
flat area of land that is raised much higher than the surrounding area
What is a plateau
Founder of the Israelites
Who is Abraham?
Legendary ruler of Uruk
Gilgamesh