River civilizations
Name the four first civilizations.
Egypt - Mesopotamia - China - India
What does “Mesopotamia” means?
Land between rivers
What materials did Mesopotamians used for building?
Clay and bricks
Name the main river of Egypt and name the sea that meets in its lower course.
Nile - Mediterranean Sea
Name 2 characteristics of Egyptian religion.
Polytheistic
The believe in life after death
Gods with animal heads
Temple considered as the home of the gods
Which fact or invention do we consider as the beginning of History (and the Ancient Ages)?
Invention of writing
Which are the two main rivers of Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What was considered as the “home” of the gods in Mesopotamia?
Temples
Complete the sentence: Pharaohs were considered ______________ and they have ____________ power.
Gods - Absolute
Name of the underground tombs dug into the rocks.
Hypogeum /Hypogea
Name one of the first types of writing.
Pictograms - Ideograms - Hieroglyphs
Name two Mesopotamian cities.
Ur - Uruk- Akkad - Eridu - Babylon - Nineveh - Assur - Mari - Lagash
What was the name of the typical Mesopotamian stepped tower?
Ziggurat
Most people that became slave in Ancient Egypt was because…
They were prisoners of war
Name the main building material that Egyptian used. Also, name the most simple kind of tombs.
Stone - Mastaba
What was used writing for at the beginning?
Tax record - Administration
In which two regions could we divide Mesopotamia?
Chaldea and Assyria
Name 2 characteristics of the Mesopotamian religion.
Polytheistic (many gods)
Gods with human appearance
They don´t believe in life after death
Use of temples
Egyptians called the fertilised areas the __________ lands and the desert the __________ lands.
Black - Red
Name of the “street” that led to an Egyptian temple.
Avenue of the Sphinxes
Name 2 general characteristics of the river civilizations.
Monarchs with great power.
Hierarchical society.
Great architectural works.
Who were the inhabitants of Chaldea? And the Assyria ones?
Chaldea -> Sumerians and Akkadians
Assyria -> Assyrians
Who were considered “privileged” in Mesopotamia?
King
Aristocracy
Scribes
Priests
Name 3 powers of the pharaohs.
Dictated the laws.
Ruled the country.
Owned most of the lands.
Commanded the army.
Controlled trade.
Name 3 characteristics of Egyptian paintings.
Lack of movement
Doesn´t show feeling or emotions
Religious purpose
Canon of profile
No depth
Hierarchical proportion
Bright colours