Mesopotamia
Greek for "land between rivers"
Mesopotamia
What was the name of the river in Egypt?
Nile river
What is the Indus valley civilization?
bronze age civilization in the northwestern region of South asia
What is the name of the giant, triangular, tombs that were built in Egypt?
Pyramid
People who study heavenly bodies?
"STARS"
Astronomers
complex societies that have organized governments, culture, and writing
civilization
What was the name of the leader of Egypt?
Pharaoh
What was the Indus civilization called?
Harrapan Civilization
Egyptians believed in an afterlife?
True or False
True
Calendar developed by the ____ was based on the cycles of the moon?
Sumerians
a form of writing developed by the people of Sumer?
Cuneiform
What is a mummy?
A preserved body
What were the seals made of?
Carved stones
According to the Egyptians, Which goddess cries every year for her dead husband, causing the Nile river to flood?
Isis, Osiris, Set, or Ra
Isis
The "GREAT BATH"
Mohenjo-daro
A method that brings water to crops
Irrigation
In the Eqyptian book of the dead, what was weighed against a feather to judge whether a person was evil or good?
Heart
Where was the Harrapan Civilization located?
indus river valley.
Its 2 large cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
city-state
Which of the statement is true?
1) The indus is poor?
2) Irrigation from Indus waters has provided successful agriculture
3) None of them
#2
Hero of an epic who travels the world performing great deeds?
Gilgamesh
Ra
What was the purpose of the seals?
for commercial purposes.
were also used as amulets, perhaps as a kind of identity card.
Pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top
Ziggurat
What is the Sahara desert called?
Red Land