Mesopotamia
This river valley was home to one of the world's first civilizations.
What is Mesopotamia?
This river was the main source of life for Ancient Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
Both Mesopotamians and Egyptians believed in many gods.
What is polytheism?
Mesopotamians developed this writing system.
What is cuneiform?
Both civilizations developed near rivers because rivers provided water for this important activity.
What is farming/agriculture?
Mesopotamia was located between these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This was the title given to the ruler of Ancient Egypt.
What is a pharaoh?
The Egyptian god associated with the afterlife and the dead.
Who is Osiris?
Mesopotamians are often credited with developing this invention used for transportation.
What is the wheel?
Both civilizations had social classes, with rulers and wealthy people at the top.
What is a social hierarchy?
This type of government was made up of independent city-states
What is a city-state?
Egyptians used this picture-based writing system.
What are hieroglyphics?
The Egyptian god often shown with the head of a falcon.
Who is Horus?
Egyptians developed this writing system using pictures and symbols.
What are hieroglyphics?
Mesopotamia was located in the Middle East, while Egypt was located in this part of Africa.
What is North Africa?
This Mesopotamian king created one of the earliest written sets of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
These giant structures were built as tombs for Egyptian rulers.
What are pyramids?
Mesopotamians built these large stepped temples to honor their gods.
What are ziggurats?
Egyptians used this material like paper for writing.
What is papyrus?
Unlike Egypt's Nile, Mesopotamia depended on these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
This writing system used wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay tablets.
What is cuneiform?
This process was used to preserve a dead person's body.
What is mummification?
Egyptians believed this could happen after death and prepared bodies for it.
What is the afterlife?
Hammurabi's famous achievement was creating this organized collection of laws.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
One major similarity was that both civilizations used writing to record information, laws, trade, and this aspect of their culture.
What is religion/beliefs?