Terms
Hieroglyphs (or Hieroglyphics)
Who was the Egyptian sun-god
Ra (or Re)
Who was Gilgamesh's best friend?
Enkidu
Who was the Pharaoh in "Mara, Daughter of the Nile"?
Hatshepsut
The main river of Egypt
Nile
Kohl
Who was a sun and mother goddess who represented the life-giving power of the Sun to heal sickness and to ripen the crops?
Bast
Mesopotamia
Who was the the young Egyptian that was basically a "prisoner" and half-brother of Pharaoh
Thutmose
What is the Battle between Hittites and Egyptians where both sides declared victorious
Battle of Kadesh
What is the belief in many gods called?
Polytheism
Who was one of the earliest and most important goddesses who was worshipped as the great mother-goddess. (hint: She was married to her brother Osiris.)
Issi
What was the area in the Fertile Crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates that was the first culture to focus on farming, not hunting?
Sumer
What was the name of the boat in "Mara, Daughter of the Nile"
Silver Beetle
What were the reeds used to make the precious scrolls used by scribes?
Papyrus
What was the first written language called?
Cuneiform
One of Egyptians' best loved amulets was the 'Eye of _________________ '
Horus
What were the main temples used to worship the gods of a city. called? (these had steps and ramps, and it was believed that the gods descended to the Earth using this as a ladder.)
Ziggurats
In "The Cat of Bubastes", Pharaoh spares the lives of what captives?
Rebu
What were the jars that containing a mummy's liver, lungs, stomach and intestines called
Canopic Jars
What are shallow sections of river, often marked by white water rapids called?
Cataracts
Which Pharaoh had one of the longest reins in history (over 67 years) and was the master of propoganda?
Ramesses II
Who built the hanging gardens of Babylon?
Nebuchadnezzar
Who slayed the sacred cat in "The Cat of Bubastes"?
Chebron
What is the term for the flooding of the Nile?
Inundation