The method by which early farmers controlled the supply of water to their crops.
What is irrigation?
100
These two rivers helped the Mesopotamian civilization flourish.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
100
The first empire in northern Mesopotamia.
What is the Akkadian Empire?
100
What are the three seasons in the Egyptian civilization?
What is flooding, growing, and harvest/drought?
100
The name of Gilgamesh's enemy/best friend in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Who is Enkidu?
200
The "land between the rivers" where the first civilization appeared.
What is Mesopotamia?
200
Also called the cradle of civilization, an area around modern-day Iraq, Syria, and Turkey where farming was possible.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
200
The oldest story in ancient history featuring the first type of superhero.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
200
What was the capital of the Old Kingdom?
What is Memphis?
200
This important discovery helped historians decode hieroglyphics, cuneiform, and a third language.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
300
A ruler or series of rulers that come from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
300
This geographical feature surrounds the Egyptian civilization to the east and west, taking up a 1/3 of Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
300
He created the first law codes in Mesopotamia and ruled over Babylon.
Who is King Hammurabi?
300
The Egyptian civilization lasted from _______ to ______.
What is 3000 BCE to 332 BCE?
300
Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?
Who is King Menes or Narmer?
400
The belief in many gods and goddesses.
What is polytheism?
400
A tiny area of life in the middle of a desert.
What is an oasis?
400
One of the seven wonders of the world, this was created by King Nebuchadnezzar II during the Neo-Babylonian empire.
What is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
400
Ancient Egyptians believed the soul would need to find its old body and so they practiced this.
What is mummification?
400
To have more of something than is needed.
What is a surplus?
500
A period of great peace, prosperity, and happiness.
What is the Golden Age?
500
This major event marked the beginning of the Neolithic Age and led to the development of the first civilizations in ancient history.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
500
This civilization was technically the first to rise up in southern Mesopotamia. Their achievements include the plow, a number system based on the number 60, and creating ziggurats in the center of its city-states.
What is Sumer?
500
This curse was placed before the tomb of King Tut to protect it from grave robbers.
What is "Death shall come on swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the king?"
500
The first female pharaoh who expanded the civilization through trade instead of military conquest.