Miscellaneous
span of land between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers west to the Mediterranean Sea
What is Mesopotamia?
a system of writing and record keeping created by the Sumerians
What is Cuneiform?
the most powerful and influential king of Babylon
Who was Hammurabi?
Egyptians recorded information using a system based on words and sounds
What is hieroglyphics?
Egypt also had a type of government where religion and government are one and the same
What is a theocracy?
also called the Fertile Crescent
What is Mesopotamia?
a place of worship for Sumerians
What is a Ziggurat?
he governed the Persians in a very tolerant way
Who was King Cyrus?
Egyptians invented paper made from pressed and dried reeds
What is papyrus?
they were used to construct temples, pyramids and irrigation projects for Egyptians
Who were the slaves?
growth of population and trade
What makes a civilization?
first known piece of literature
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
he ruled the Persians with absolute power
Who was King Darius?
Egyptians religion worshiped over 60 gods
What is polytheism?
They had a high status and were able to buy and sell property, testify in court, seek divorce and inherit property
Who were Egyptian women?
a belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
invented the wheel, plow and sailboat
Who were the Sumerians?
he conquered all the Fertile Crescent, most of Asia Minor but left the local customs alone after the city was conquered.
Who was King Cyrus of Persia?
most famous pyramid in Egypt?
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
they used math and geometry to survey land, created a 365 day calendar and performed surgeries to set bones
What were some Egyptian achievements?
the longest river in Africa runs south to north and all through the country of Egypt
What is the Nile River?
toppled the Sumerian cities of Ur, Uruk, and Akkad
Who were the Amorites?
a legal system for Babylonian society with 282 specific laws
What was Hammurabi's code?
Part of Egyptian religion called to preserve the dead for immortality where the brain, fluids and organs were removed.
What is Mummification?
Egyptians believed your life's spirit would be judged by Osiris when you "woke up"
What is your ka?