The Nile River
Vocab
The Fertile Crescent
100

What country does the Nile River flow through?

Egypt

100

The worship of many Gods

polytheism

100

Name the 2 rivers in the Fertile Crescent

Tigris and Euphrates River

200

Approximately how long is it?

4,000 miles long.

200

The words first system of writing

cuneiform

200

What was one of the first civilizations to develop in the Fertile Crescent?

Sumerians

300

The Nile River flow's to the ______ of Egypt?

south 

300

Egyptian writing system

Hieroglyphics

300

Hammurabi's code consisted of ____ laws

282

400

Lower Egypt floods in about what season?

fall

400

rapids formed in the Nile are called?

Cataracts

400
Who created the alphabet?

The Phoenicians

500

The social structure of the Ancient Egytians were Pharaoh's at the top, _______ in the middle and farmers, servants, and slaves at the bottom.

Nobles/ Officials and priest

500

Triangular shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river

Nile delta

500

The Sumerians wrote cuneiform on what?

clay tablets

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