Geography
Region of Southwest Asia named for its curved shape and the richness of its land
Fertile Crescent
Professional record keepers in ancient times
Scribes
Impressive temples that Sumerians built to keep their gods happy
Ziggurat
An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Hieroglyphics
A tall reed that grows in the Nile delta that was used by the ancient Egyptians to make a paperlike material for writing on
Papyrus
There could not be life in Egypt if it were not for this river
The Nile
Egyptian god-Kings
Pharaohs
Immense structures that were constructed by the Egyptians as resting places for their rulers
Pyramids
Ancient system of wedge-shaped writing invented around 3000 BCE
Cuneiform
Governing body that brings together several people, nations, previously independent states under the control of one ruler
Empire
A broad, marshy, triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river
Delta
The Right-Hand man or second in command to the Pharaoh
Vizier
Discovery that allowed scientist to decipher hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
The Babylonian ruler who created the first code of laws
Hammurabi
A series of rulers from a single family
Dynasty
Civilizations that developed on the Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia
Process by which royal and elite Egyptians’ bodies were preserved by embalming and drying the corpse
Mummification
Mesopotamia was divided into these
City-States
Most experts believe that ____________ united Upper and Lower Egypt
Menes (Narmer)
Religions who believe in more than one god
Polytheistic
Ancient Mesopotamia was found on this water source
Tigris and Euphrates
Whose job it was to carry out mummification
Priests
This pyramid was built for King Khofu
The Great Pyramid of Egypt
The last Pharaoh of Egypt
Cleopatra
Items that the Egyptians buried with their dead to help them in the afterlife
Grave Goods