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The Hittite Empire grew their military power through the use of what new technology?
What is: Iron tools and weapons
Egyptian civilization relied on this annual weather event to allow their agriculture to thrive.
What is: The flooding of the Nile River
This Pharaoh was known as both a warrior and diplomat in his dealings with the Mitanni and Nubians. But died unexpectedly between 18-19 years old.
Who is: Tutankhamun
This text, often recorded on a scroll, is the basis for Jewish religious practices and history.
What is: The Torah
What document is central to the Jewish faith? What is contained in that document
The Torah, which teaches both ethical and moral lessons, and contains a history of the Hebrew people
The Assyrian king Assurbanipal is credited with what achievement?
What is: Creating the library of Assurbanipal in Nineveh.
This period of Egyptian history is characterized by strong bureaucratic government under the rule of Pharaohs and Viziers.
What is: The Old Kingdom
This British Egyptologist is credited with the rediscovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb in 1922
Who is: Howard Carter
This type of religious practices believes that there is only one God who teaches moral and ethical lessons by being omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient.
What is: Ethical Monotheism
How did the Nile river impact Egyptian civilization?
The Nile river allowed for trade, travel, and agriculture throughout the kingdoms of Egypt
Cyrus the Great, Emperor of Persia, was credited with conquering which neighboring empire?
What is: Babylon
This type of government has many departments and levels of authority.
What is: Bureaucracy
Tutankhamun's Tomb is important for understanding Egyptian history due to what fact?
What is: It is the most complete and intact Egyptian burial ever discovered
Judaism is part of what group of monotheistic religions?
What is: The Abrahamic Religions
Why is Tutankhamun's tomb so important to the study of Egyptian history?
Tutankhamun's tomb is important because it was left undisturbed since it was sealed 3,000 years ago. It provides Egyptologists with a "snapshot" of what ancient Egyptian life and burial practices were like through its preserved artifacts.
Which ruler of Babylon is credited with the creation of the Hanging Gardens?
Who is: Nebuchadnezzar
This Era of Egyptian history is characterized as "turbulent" due to climate change affecting the annual flooding of the Nile and invasions by the Hyksos people.
What is: The Middle Kingdom
This object, created during the Ptolemaic Dynasty, recorded a message praising the reign of Pharaoh Ptolemy V written in both Greek, demotic, and Hieroglyphics.
What is: The Rosetta Stone
Why did Egyptians build elaborate tombs and pyramids for their leaders?
Egyptians believed in an afterlife. They believed the spirits of the departed came back to live in their tombs and visit the living.
What was the greatest achievement of the Phoenician civilization?
What is: The Phonetic Alphabet
This Pharaoh of the New Kingdom warred against the Hittites and signed the world's first peace treaty. Expanding Egyptian power as far away as Syria.
Who is: Rameses II
What is the significance of the Rosetta stone in understanding Egyptian history?
What is: Allowing modern scholars to translate Hieroglyphics
How did trade and warfare impact the rule of Egypt's Pharaohs?
Pharaohs were expected to be strong leaders who protected their people. Rameses rose to power as a warrior fighting that Hittites. Hatshepsut rose to power as Egypt's first female ruler as a peacemaker promoting trade and diplomacy.