Geography
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Religion
Miscellaneous
100

The major rivers of Mesopotamia 

What are the Tigres and Euphrates 
100
This was the name for how Mesopotamia was organized 

City-States

100
Egyptian writing is known as _____________________.
hieroglyphics
100
Egyptians believed that all pharaohs were divine, meaning
they were godlike; part god
100

This group of people were known for their intense brutality and subjugation of peoples

Who were the Assyrians

200

This predictable "god" was the foundation of Egyptian life

What is the Nile

200
What is significant about Hammurabi's Code compared to earlier king's laws?
it was the first set of laws to be written down
200

What is the Old Kingdom of Egypt known for?

the Great Pyramids, pharaohs, etc. 

200

Upon death, what god were Egyptians "forced" to see?

Who was Osiris

200

a "thing" that was found which helped anthropologists to be able to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics

The Rosetta Stone

300
The first civilization to develop in Mesopotamia was known as
Sumer
300

According to the Epic of Gilgamesh, what was the Sumerian view of the afterlife? Also, true or false, Gilgamesh was the first ever recorded "book."

dark, grim, and dusty place where people ate dust and drank mud; no way out / TRUE.

300

Wen-Amun's travel outside of Egypt was important because it demonstrated the importance of an ________ system of credit.

International 

300

This "outsider" group was the first to conquer Egypt

Who were the Nubians

300

This group was able to conquer Egypt from Anatolia, because of their use of iron/weaponry. 

Who were the Hittites 

400
The Nile River flows north from central Africa to the Mediterranean Sea creating a ________________, a triangular area of fertile soil.
delta
400

Sumerian writing is called __________________, and helped with structural issues like taxes, legal systems, etc. and was usually written on __________________.

cuneiform; clay tablets

400

In the bureaucracy of Ancient Egypt the ________________ usually supervised government matters.

vizier

400

Explain the journey to the afterlife according to ancient Egyptian beliefs.

Egyptian Confession, then weighing of the heart- honest people had chance to go to afterlife; dishonest people's souls were eaten by a monster, Amon-Ra would journey to the tombs of dead individuals and escort their souls to the afterlife. Their bodies needed to be preserved in order to make the journey.

400
Under what civilizations rule were the Jews "freed," despite continuing to practice their religion while being subjugated

Who were the Neo-Babylonians

500

"He" was the most important god to the Egyptians. Giver of life and creator of God.

Who is Ra

500

A long narrative writing often describing the life of a hero, Gilgamesh is a early example

What is an Epic

500

He consolidated Egypt under his rule (and was the first ruler to do so)

Who is Narmer


500

This laid out the procedures for the Afterlife in Egypt

the Book of the Dead

500

This group was the first of the Abrahamic religions and began the shift to monothesism

Who were the Hebrews

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