Mesopotamia
Wedge-shaped writing developed by the Sumerians.
What is Cuneiform?
Egypt’s writing system.
What are Hieroglyphics?
The heart of Egypt’s landscape.
What is the Nile River Valley?
Government ruled by a King or Queen.
What is a Monarchy?
Where did peasant farmers fall in the social pyramid?
Above captured slaves.
Large pyramid-like temples at city centers.
What are Ziggurats?
God-kings of Egypt.
Who are Pharaohs?
Why were rivers like the Tigris and Euphrates important?
They made land fertile for farming.
Government ruled by religious authority.
What is a Theocracy?
Unlike other ancient cultures, the Israelites believed in ___.
One God, Yahweh.
The first empire builder who conquered Sumer.
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
Fertile soil left behind by Nile floods.
What is Silt?
The flooding of Mesopotamia was difficult because ___.
It was unpredictable.
Who were the leaders in Mesopotamian society?
Rulers, priests, and kings.
A system to divert river water to crops.
What is Irrigation?
A city and the surrounding land it controlled.
What is a City-State?
A broad, triangular landform at the Nile’s mouth.
What is a Delta?
What was the land around the Nile called after flooding?
The Black Land.
Why did many kingdoms eventually fall?
Internal conflict and external threats.
King Tut is famous today because ___.
His tomb was discovered intact.
The law code that set moral standards in Mesopotamia.
What is Hammurabi’s Code?
Name a ruler of the New Kingdom.
Who is Ramses II?
Which civilization’s border is shown in ancient maps with the Tigris and Euphrates?
What is Mesopotamia?
Describe the evolution of Mesopotamian government.
From city-states to kingdoms and empires.
Who was King Tut’s mother?
Queen Nefertiti