Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is Greek for...
What is the land between two rivers?
A person of high birth or exalted rank
Who are the Nobles?
Judaism was the world's first monotheistic religion, which believed in ONE god. Ancient Mesopotamians and Egyptians believed in many gods, so they were
What is Polytheism?
One reason the Nile, and the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys became centers of civilization is that they had
What is silt/fertile soil? or irrigation? or protection from invaders. or What is Transportation?
a system of providing water for crops...
What is Irrigation?
Early Mesopotamian built this place of worship at the center of their villages, which showed how important their gods were to them.
What is the Ziggurat?
The writing used in Ancient Egypt
What are Hieroglyphics?
G.R.A.P.E.S. A surplus of goods in Mesopotamia created an ECONOMY which allowed people to have different jobs and trade goods, creating a social structure. These different types of labor called...
What is Division of Labor?
Mesopotamia, also known as "the Fertile Crescent", was near the Persian Gulf, between the Tigris and this river....
What is Euphrates?
A group of states or countries under a single supreme authority...
What is an Empire?
Egyptians built pyramids for this reason....
What is a Pharoah's tomb?
Name three technologies from Ancient Egypt..
What are irrigation, canals, shaduf, papyrus paper, boats, linen....bureaucracy
In G.R.A.P.E.S. One similarity in technology and achievements between the ancient civilizations in Egypt and Mesopotamia is..
What is writing? OR What is Irrigation canals/ditches?
This was the first monotheistic religion and began in Mesopotamia....
What is Judaism?
A system of government where a deity or supreme being is recognized as the ruler...
What is Theocracy?
This is the Egyptian god of the underworld/ or afterlife?
Who is Osiris?
This is the continent where you will find Egypt and the Nile River....
What is Africa?
Which civilization invented cuneiform?
Sumer
The government of Babylon was like the government of Sumer: the laws were written down and the people were supposed to know the laws. This is the king who had these laws written in stone
Who is Hammurabi?
A government system where important decisions are made by state officials...
What is Bureauocracy?
Egyptians believed that their Pharoahs were gods--or chosen by the gods. What did the faces of their gods look like?
What are Animals?
Egyptians used this process to prepare their pharoahs and nobles for the afterlife.
What is Mummification?
The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt were similar in G.R.A.P.E.S.
Both cultures economies were based on trade because they had extra goods that they produced, called a
What is a Surplus?