Rick Savage
Mesopotamia means what in Greek
Between the Rivers
King Darius divided Persia into many different areas called these
Satrapies
Red Land
Hatshepsut was well known for promoting trade in Egypt due to its location, what are the major exports for Egypt
Papyrus, Linen, Grain
People's ability to plant seeds and domesticate animals was known as what
Neolithic Revolution
Sumerians used what for record keeping
Cuneiform
The people who were first to use coins for trade
Lydians
What is fertile soil around the Nile that was used for food production
Black Land
Who was the only Egyptian pharaoh to embrace monotheism
Akhenaton
What did Egyptians use to guide a person to paradise in the afterlife
Book of the Dead
What was place din effect by a Babylonian King to govern his people
Hammurabi's Code
The most important idea that the Phoenicians spread
Phonetic alphabet
Egyptian record keeping saw hieroglyphics carved into tablets or monuments, the hieroglyphics were of which alphabet
Pictographic alphabet
What was the process of mummification used for
Preserve the body and organs
A sarcophagus was used to store bodily remains, it was a decorated what
Coffin
The warlike people who conquered Babylonia in 1200 BC
Assyrians
Finish the sentence:
Sumo Babies..
Are Cuddly People
Papyrus was used for what purpose
Record Keeping
Though only a minor pharaoh who's tomb contained large amounts of precious objects
King Tutankhamun
The Rosetta Stone is the reason historians can now read hieroglyphics because of the Greek and hieroglyphics written on it, when was the Rosetta Stone discovered?
1799
People led by Nebuchadnezzar who wanted to revive tradition from early Babylonia
Chaldeans
The waterway that was crucial for Egyptian civilization since most of Egypt was desert
Nile River
List the 8 features of a civilization
Cities, Job Specialization, Social Classes, Writing, Complex Religion, Organized Government, Public Works, Art & Architecture
Why is Egypt such a great location for preserving old artifacts
Dry Climate
What story retells a catastrophic flood that occurred sometime around 5600 BC
Epic of Gilgamesh