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Mesopotamia means. . .
the land between two rivers
Uruk, Babylon, and Ur are
city-states
The priests of Sumeria worked in the temple or __.
Ziggurat
Egypt is on the continent of __
Africa
___ is a series of rulers from the same family.
Dynasty
3 things that mesopotamians used to irrigate their crops
canals, buckets, shadof, trenches, leaves, gates, basins
The belief in many gods is
polythsism
The world's first writing is the Sumerian form of wedge shaped marks known as __.
cuneiform
The river that runs through Egypt is the ___
Nile River
___ the ruler of Egypt. Means "Great House"
Pharaohs
__ is a mixture of rocks and soil which helped farming.
silt
___ was a king of Akkad who was "the greatest" and the first emperor
Sargon
___ developed a code of law. "Eye for an Eye" rule.
Hammurabi
Egypt has 2 regions ___ Egypt and ___ Egypt.
Lower, Upper
___ wore a double crown and united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Menes
These people developed astronomy and the calendar.
Chaldeans
___ are strong rapids that make it difficult to sail on the river.
Cataracts