Mesopotamia
The first civilization in Mesopotamia, developed around 4000 BCE
What is Sumeria?
The well-known Babylonian leader that came up with the first known written laws
This river, that floods every year, was essential to the formation of the Ancient Egyptian empire
What is the Nile River?
Ancient Egyptian picture writing
What is hieroglyphics?
In around 1500 BCE, this group of people began slowly migrating from western Africa into southern and eastern Africa
Who are the Bantu?
Religious pyramid temples with stair-step sides
What are ziggurats?
Babylon was this type of society, where everything is led by men and fathers are the supreme authority in households
What is a patriarchy?
A ruler of ancient Egypt was called this
What is a pharaoh?
Ancient Egyptians invented this, the first type of paper
What is papyrus?
This kingdom fought often with Ancient Egypt, and was located to the south of them. They founded the capital city of Meroe, which was an important center of African civilization
What is Kush?
First written language, developed around 3000 BCE by Sumerians
What is cuneiform?
This kingdom developed a system of communication, with riders on horseback delivering messages across the empire within a week
What is the Assyrian Kingdom?
During the Old Kingdom, these were built for the burial of pharaohs and their families
What are pyramids?
This queen was the last ruler of the Ancient Egyptian kingdom, which fell to the Roman Empire after her death
Who is Cleopatra?
What is Carthage?
Cities in ancient Sumeria that acted as independent states with their own governments, armies, and kings.
What is a city-state?
The Babylonians were the first to identify five of these in the night sky
What are other planets?
This pharaoh that died young was not influential in life, but became famous when his undisturbed tomb was discovered in the 1920s
Who is Tutankhamen?
Upper Egypt was in the south and Lower Egypt was in the north because the Nile River has this unusual characteristic
What is flowing north?
This eastern African coastal city, founded about 100 CE, was a trading center between Africa and Asia
What is Axum?
The empire in Mesopotamia after Sumeria fell; led by King Sargon I (considered to be the first great king recorded in history)
What is the Akkadian Empire?
The Sumerians invented the system of units we use today to do what
Hint (60=1)
What is telling time?
This ancient Egyptian pharaoh ruled for a very long time and had a peaceful rule. He even signed the first recorded peace treaty in history.
Who is Ramses the Great?
For a short time, Ancient Egyptians under Pharaoh Akenhaten became this, which means believing in only one god (they worshipped Aten, the sun god)
What is monotheistic?
What is oral history?