Intro & Ch. 1
What do we call the story that historians write about the past?
history
Why was the Fertile Crescent a good place to live?
There was water, good soil, and plenty of grass and plants.
Did the Egyptians worship one god or many gods?
Many gods
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Between rivers
What two rivers is Mesopotamia mean?
The Tigris and the Euphrates
What do we call someone who reads letters, journals and monuments to find out about the past?
a historian
How did farmers water their crops?
They dug canals from the river and built shadufs.
Why was it important that the Nile River flooded each year?
it watered the land and brought silt up onto the riverbanks
What is embalming?
Process to preserve a dead body (took the insides out, used salt and spices, wrapped it in linen)
In Sumer, the city-states were separate. What did Sargon do?
He conquered all of the city-states and made them one country/empire.
Dig objects out of the ground and learn about them.
What did farmers built their house out of?
Mud bricks and reeds
What was the first writing called in Egypt?
hieroglyphics
What kind of tombs did pharaohs have?
Pyramids
What was Sargon's country/empire called?
Akkadia/ Akkadian Empire
Where did nomads sleep?
in caves or tents
How did the farmers protect their villages?
They built stone walls around them.
What was the first writing called in Sumer?
Cuneiform
What does a sphinx look like?
Half lion, half man
Why did Abram (Abraham) decide to leave Haran and go to Canaan?
God told him to.
Why did nomads move from place to place?
They hunted animals and gathered plants. Once they were all gone they needed to move on to find more.
Where is the Nile River? (Which continent? Which country?)
continent = Africa
country = Egypt
What was the problem with writing on paper?
The paper fell apart.
What did Egyptians bury with their mummies?
Everything a dead person would need in the next world: food, clothes, toys, games, jewelry, furniture
What name did Abraham and Sarah give their baby?
Isaac