City-States of Ancient Sumer
Invaders, Traders, and Empire Builders
Kingdom on the Nile
Egyptian Civilization
Roots of Judaism
100
Sumerians invented writing. They pressed sticks into clay to make wedges. This form of writing is called __________.
What is cuneiform
100
How the alphabet we use today relates to the ancient middle east
What is because it was developed by the Phonetians
100
What is the name of the kingdom that formed on the Nile River
What is Egypt
100
This Pharoh's tomb was discovered in 1922, still full of treasures
Whose is Tutankhamen's (King Tut's)
100
The word that means "worships one god"
What is "monotheism"
200

A large, stepped platform thought to be topped with a temple dedicated to a city-state's chief god or goddess

What are ziggurats

200
Hammurabi is best remembered for this
What is Hammurabi's 's Code of Laws, which he made public
200
The kingdom during which the Great Pyramids were built
What is the Old Kingdom
200
The Egyptians preserved dead bodies through this process
What is mummification
200
Jews, Christians, and Muslims all trace their faith origins back to this man
Who is Abraham
300
The meaning of "Mesopotamia"
What is "between two rivers"
300

The Assyrians were successful in battle because_______

What is they knew how to mine iron ore and make it into iron weapons

300
What allowed Egypt to become a powerful civilization
What is the Nile River
300
Egyptian picture-writing was known as this
Who is hieroglyphics
300

According to Jewish scripture, God gave Moses these laws on Mount Sinai.

What is The Ten Commandments

400

Why was Ur important?

It was one of the world's first true cities and was a major center in Sumerian society

400
Where were the world-famous hanging gardens?
Where is in Nebuchadnezzar's Palace in Babylon
400
Why Pharaoh Hatshepsut wore a fake beard
What is because she was female; the beard was a sign of authority
400

What happened to your soul if your heart weighed more than the feather of truth

What is it was eaten by Ammit 

400
The king of Israel who built the Holy Temple in Jerusalem
Who is King Solomon
500
The Sumerian epic story - with tales of a great flood and an attempt to find and eat a plant that would grant eternal youth - is called this
What is "The Epic of Gillgamesh"
500
For more than 1000 years (starting about 600 B.C.), this was one of the world's most powerful religions. It believed in a God and and a Devil; a Heaven and a Hell, a Savior born of a virgin, and a final judgement day with a resurrection.
What is Zoroastrianism
500
Why the Old Kingdom fell apart
Who is it went bankrupt because of how expensive the building of the pyramids was
500
Why the Rosetta Stone was so important
What is that it "unlocked" the meaning of Heiroglyphics by showing translations
500

The Babylonian King who destroyed the first temple and exiled the Jewish people from Israel.

Who is Nebuchadnezzar

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