The grow of civilizations
Every great civilization needs this to start.
A river.
Nomads
The story of Osiris was to explain why the Nile _____.
floods
He called himself the King of the Whole World.
Shamshi Adad.
He made the law, "an eye for and eye".
Hammurabi
The main crop grown in this region.
rice
He would become a father of a new nation.
Abraham
_______ allowed people to settle in one place.
Farming
The two rivers located in this region.
The Tigris and the Euphrates.
King Narmer united these two kingdoms.
Upper and Lower Egypt.
The purpose of the legend of Gilgamesh explains this.
No one lives forever.
Hammurabi's laws were unique because...
They were fair laws written on pillars in the middle of every city/kingdom.
The first form of writing in this region.
Pictograms
He could interpret dreams.
Joseph
People who traveled to find food.
The first kingdom in this area.
Sumer.
The form of writing that was carved into stone tablets.
Hieroglyphs.
He conquered Babylon.
Ahshurbanipal.
Evidence of Babylons advance science.
60mins in an hour, 24hours in a day, 12months/365 days in a year
The meanings of the "Anansi and Turtle" and "Anansi and Yams" folktales.
Someone will always outsmart you, and be happy with what you are given.
He freed the Israelites from Egypt.
Moses
An invention that helped make farming easier.
canals, shaduf
Sargon used this to keep control over his empire.
The military.
Amenhotep angered his people by doing this.
Believing in one god.
Ashurbanipal collected tablets and became the world's first _______.
Librarian.
This happened to Nebuchadnezzar because he thought he was a god.
This fell from a mulberry tree and would make China rich.
a silkworm cocoon.
Name two of the plagues.
blood river, frogs, boils, death of first born, 1 day eclipse,
__________ is the use of water for farming.
Irrigation
______ was the form of writing in this region.
Cuneiform
King Ahmenhotep was different from any other pharaoh because he did this.
Believed in monotheism, or that there was only one god.
He used this to successfully conquer other kingdoms.
Basket-shield bearers and archers, dirt ramps, siege towers,
What Nebuchadnezzar made for Amytis.
The Hanging Gardens.
The meaning of the story about the birds and the hunters.
Together we are strong, divided we are weak.
The miracle that helped the Israelites escape pharaoh after he had set them free.
the parting of the Red Sea