Mesopotamia, baby!
A self-governing state made up of a city and its surrounding territory.
What are city-states?
Some Biblical scholars think these people were enslaved in Egypt before their famous exodus.
Who were the Hebrews?
These large structures were built around 3200 BC outside of what is now Cairo.
What are pyramids?
The Kushites of Meroë had more of these than the Egyptians, but they were smaller.
What are pyramids?
This guy wrote the first known law code.
Who was Hammurabi?
This is what we call a series of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
Most of Egyptian life centered around this river.
What is the Nile?
This city was the first capital of Kush.
What is Napata?
This guy was the first ruler of the Akkadian empire.
Who is Sargon?
These people came from the west to conquer and rule Egypt, starting in about 950 BC.
Who were Libyans?
This territory lies north of Upper Egypt.
What is Lower Egypt?
After being defeated, the Kush kingdom decamped from its original capital to this city.
What is Meroë?
This Mesopotamian empire conquered regions including Judah and Egypt.
What is Assyria?
This guy might have murdered his stepmother, Hatshepsut, to take power.
Who was Thutmose III?
The Egyptian god of abundance and fertility.
Who is Hapy?
This Kushiro king overthrew the Libyan dynasty that had ruled Egypt for over 200 years.
Who was Piankhi?
This number is the base of the Sumerian math system.
What is base 60?
This pharaoh made a treaty of peace and brotherhood with a Hittite king after the battle of Kadesh circa 1285 BC.
Who was Ramses II?
These two rivers come together around modern Khartoum, Sudan, to form the Nile river.
What are the Blue Nile and White Nile?
This kingdom, located 400 miles southeast of Meroë and with a seaport on the Red Sea, contributed to Meroë's decline.
What is Aksum?