Ancient Geography and Origins
This is the name the Romans later gave to the area north of the Persian Gulf where the Sumerians discovered that cities needed rulers.
Mesopotamia
Civilization is rooted in the desire for this.
Survival
The empire founded by Sargon
Akkadian Empire
This king of Kussara, whose curse against those who defy him was later defeated by Hattusilis I
Annitas
The Nile River provides conditions for the flourishing of civilization through this annual process
Annual flooding
This ancient king was the first king over Eridu. He is mentioned as the first king in the Sumerian King list who descended from heaven.
Alulim
Kingship or strong leadership.
Sargon was followed by this son, was was followed by Naram-Sin
Manishtushu
The city that Mursilis I captured after taking over Aleppo.
Babylon
This geographic area, located north of Upper Egypt, is where the Nile splits into many small channels before reaching the sea
The Nile Delta (in lower Egypt)
This is the modern country that was once a peninsula separating the Tigris and Euphrates, before the ocean rose due to the melting caps.
Qatar (K-tar)
In Sumer, cooperation was necessary to construct these to establish headwaters.
Canals and reservoirs
Sargon had this job when he was drawn out of the river by Akki
Gardener
This Hittite king was the nephew/grandson of Hattusilis I
Mursilis I
The regularity and reliability of the Nile flooding accounted for much stability and continuity in Egypt's civilization and was a key concept for this.
Farming and irrigation
The possible coastline of the Persian Gulf during the time of Alulim was estimated to be in this time frame.
6000 BC
Farmers exchanged life-sustaining grain with herdsmen in return for meat, fresh milk, and this product from sheep.
Wool
This ruler, from Uruk, drove out the Gutians out of Uruk, Ur and Eridu. His right hand man was Ur-Nammu.
Utuhegal
After Mursilis I destroyed Babylon and left, this group of mountain people from the Zagros mountains moved in and established a new dynasty.
The Kasstites.
The Egyptians viewed the Nile as flowing "down" because it flowed North into this body of water
Mediterranean Sea
The Sumerian people, who were "the people of the earth", made the foundations of the their houses and pots out of these.
Bricks or Mud Bricks
This first king on the Sumerian king list is said to have reigned for 28,000 years
Alulim
This barbarian group invaded Mesopotamia after the fall of Agade (Akkad)
Gutians
Hantili
Egypt's geographical surroundings gave them this key defense against other regions.
Deserts, mountains and seas (isolation).