Gods, Goddesses, Myths
The Egyptian god of the dead
Osiris
The river coursing the middle of Egypt
The River Nile
This is the Egyptian term for their ruler
pharaoh
The material where Egyptians wrote their documentation
papyrus
This is the mental image of a sign, in people's minds
signified
The Egyptian magic, animating people's lives
heka
Give one of the two rivers in Mesopotamia
This is the most famous ruler of the first empire in the world
Sargon
Mesopotamians wrote on this
cuneiform
A system of organizing days
Calendar
Patron god of Babylon; god of water, agriculture, justice, medicine, magic
Marduk
One of the largest empires in Mesopotamian history
Assyria
The ruler of the largest empire in Mesopotamian history; a great military leader
Ashurbanipal
embalming in ancient Egypt
mummification
Set of rules enforced by government to regulate behavior
Law
place where Mesopotamians worshipped gods and goddesses
ziggurat
The first empire in the world
Akkadian empire
An Egyptian ruler who cultivated its trade networks, dressed up as a man to gain respect
Hatshepsut
Way of watering farms
Element of culture, governed by symbols used to communicate with humans
Language
Manifestation of Ra's ba
phoenix
The capital of Ancient Egypt
Memphis
An Egyptian ruler, famed for his massive infrastructure projects
Djoser
Way of counting in Mesopotamia, base 60
Sexagesimal
Formal and informal rules considered acceptable in a culture
Norms