Geography
Afterlife
Literature
Rulers
Deities
100
This famous river was a god to the Egyptians.
What is the Nile River?
100
Poor Egyptians were usually buried in this position.
What is the fetal position?
100
This was the ancient writing of the Egyptians.
What is hieroglyphics?
100
This famous Mesopotamian ruler created a law code for his people.
Who is Hammurabi?
100
This Egyptian god had the head of a jackal, the body of a human and lead the dead to the afterlife.
Who is Anubis?
200
This is where Egypt's poor were buried.
What is the desert?
200
This light object represented Ma'at.
What is a feather?
200
This friend of Gilgamesh was half man and half beast.
Who is Enkidu?
200
This ruler was known as "the boy king" and died mysteriously.
Who is Tutankhamun?
200
This god awaited the dead pharaohs in the afterlife.
Who is Osiris?
300
The ancient land area literally meant "between the rivers."
What is Mesopotamia?
300
This creature consumes the souls of the dead if they are found to impure.
What is the Devourer of the Dead?
300
This famous phrase from the Code of Hammurabi meant that every action deserves an equal reaction.
What is an "eye for an eye?"
300
This Egyptian ruler was usually pictured with small shoulders and large waist and thighs.
Who is Akhenaten?
300
This sun god was the ONLY god during the reign of Akhenaten.
Who is Aten?
400
This city was built by Akhenaten and dedicated to the sun disk god.
What is Amarna?
400
This Egyptian soul became one with the gods.
What is the A(n)kh?
400
The Egyptian book gave ordinary people hope in the afterlife if they were good while they were alive.
What is the Book of the Dead?
400
This ruler sent scarabs throughout his kingdom to promote his achievements.
Who is Amenhotep?
400
Tutankhamun restored the old religion, of which this god was the chief god?
What is Amun-(Ra)?
500
This Mesopotamian kingdom often sent princesses to Egypt in exchange for gold.
What is Babylonia?
500
This ceremony was used to judge the dead of Egypt.
What is the Weighing the Heart Ceremony?
500
According to the Epic of Gilgamesh, this man was the only person to receive eternal life from the gods.
Who is Utnapishtim?
500
This famous queen ruled along side her husband, Akhenaten.
Who is Nerfertiti?
500
This Mesopotamian god was said to have given the law code to Hammurabi.
Who is Shamash?
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