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100
Both the Sumerians and Egyptians studied this area of science to determine time.
What is astronomy
100
The world's oldest literature, an epic poem, is based on his exploits.
What is Gilgamesh?
100
They lived in Mesopotamia from about 5000 BCE to about 2300 BCE.
What is Sumerians?
100
Sumerians wrote on this material.
What is mud/clay?
100
Used to make pottery, it later was attached to plows, carts and chariots.
What is wheel?
200
Egyptians wrote on material made from this plant that grew in marshland.
What is papyrus?
200
An important Persian leader, he declared the first charter of human rights.
What is Cyrus the Great?
200
They were the first to use iron weapons and were the most powerful people from 750 to 605 BCE.
What is the Assyrians?
200
This was one of the more popular string instruments enjoyed by Sumerians.
What is the harp?
200
His tomb was discovered in 1922 with many ornate artifacts.
What is Tutankhamen?
300
These simple pictures would represent objects and then were later combined to create more complex ideas.
What is pictographs?
300
He recorded 282 laws and punishments on a stone slab.
What is Hammurabi?
300
Their leader Sargon the Great created the first empire, introduced the Semitic languages, and developed a road system.
What is Akkadians?
300
Homes were heated in Sumeria by burning dung in these large metal containers.
What is braziers?
300
He created the first empire.
What is Sargon the Great?
400
Sumerians believed that each city state was created by one of these and they built ziggurats in order to worship them.
What is deities?
400
He founded a religion based on good and evil, heaven and hell.
What is Zoroaster?
400
They were very stable with 31 dynasties ruling for nearly 3000 years.
What is Egypt?
400
The most popular drink in Mesopotamia.
What is beer?
400
Egyptians developed this practice of preserving corpses.
What is embalming?
500
An alloy made by combining tin and copper.
What is bronze?
500
He united Upper and Lower Egypt to found the first dynasty in about 3100 BCE.
What is Menes?
500
This group (one of the world's oldest religions) was led out of captivity in Egypt by Moses.
What is Hebrews (Judaism)?
500
Money or goods given to a daughter when she weds.
What is a dowry?
500
The largest one built is found in Giza, Egypt.
What is pyramid?
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