Middle Eastern Geography
This body of water is located at the southern most part of Mesopotamia...
Persian/Arabian Gulf
Narmer and this pharaoh's name are often used interchangeably hinting that they were the same person
Who is Menes.
The desert borders Egypt to the west
What is the Sahara
Gilgamesh was known for ruling this city is southern Mesopotamia
What is Uruk
The creation god was known as
Who was Atum.
This river is west of the other river in Mesopotamia...
Euphrates River
The bowling-pin-shaped white crown is a symbol of what
What is Upper Egypt
The Nile River flows into this sea
What is the Mediterranean
This monstrous giant was known for ruling the cedar forest where the gods lived
Who is Humbaba
This god, one of the most famous was said to bring the sun across the sky daily, not a bad days work
Who is Ra
This area in the Middle East was know for have a certain shape and being excellent for farming...
What is the Fertile Crescent
Narmer is represented by this bird, which also represents the god of the sky.
What is the falcon.
This season was known as the flood season in Egypt
What is Akhet
He was known as Gilgamesh's best friend...
Who is Enkidu.
If you want to write more clearly you should consult this god, the god of wisdom and writing
Who was Thoth
Baghdad is the capital of this Middle Eastern country
What is Iraq
One significant story of the Narmer Palette is the unifying of Upper and Lower Egypt which is represented on the palette by this
The intertwining heads of the serpopards
This number refers to the number of cataracts on the Nile before reaching the land of the Kush.
Six
Gilgamesh was in search of this on his many journeys after the death of his friend
Immortality
This myth highlights the importance of home after a god's daughter runs away from home
What was Lost Cat
Sana'a is the capital of this Middle Eastern country
What is Yemen
This famous image in the center of the Palette where Narmer is about to club his enemy with a mace is known as this type of pose and would be used as a symbol of Egypt for centuries
Smiting Pose
This peninsula, located in Egypt, is purported to be the site of the mountain where Moses received the 10 Commandments
What is the Sinai Peninsula
Two ways that Gilgamesh failed to gain immortality were
What were falling asleep and not eating the plant
This god was the first mummy and ruler of the afterlife...
Who was Wesir