Geography
Important People-Egypt
Important People-Mesopotamia
Vocabulary
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longest river in the world
What is the Nile River?
100
chief minister
What is a vizier?
100
conquered the Sumerians and established first empire
Who is Sargon?
100
preservation that took 70 days
What is mummification?
100
wedge shaped
What is cuneiform?
200
"land between the rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
200
famous woman ruler who increased trade in Egypt
What is the Hatshepsut?
200
created the first alphabet
Who is the Phonecians?
200
simpler form of writing for everyday use
What is demotic?
200
contained hieroglyphics, demotic, and Greek
What is the Rosetta Stone?
300
deposited on the banks of the river after a flood
What is silt?
300
united Egypt
Who is King Menes?
300
created a money economy and used roads to unite his empire
Who is Darius?
300
holy day of rest and worship
What is the sabbath?
300
created first world religion
Who are the Hebrews?
400
Fertile Crescent is broken up into
What is city states?
400
converted Egypt into a monotheistic empire
Who is Akenaten or Amenhotep?
400
first to codify and responsible for one of the Ancient Wonders of the World
Who are the Babylonians?
400
binding agreement
What is a covenant?
400
created the first library
Who are the Assyrians?
500
Egypt was broken up into
What is Upper and Lower Egypt?
500
god of embalming and god of the dead
Who is Anubis and Osiris?
500
ushered in the Iron Age
Who are the Hittites?
500
deals with offenses against others such as robbery and murder
What is criminal law?
500
story that talks about the destruction of the world and offered a grim view of the underworld
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
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