Egypt
What does the word embalming mean?
The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying.
The kingdom that developed in Northern Mesopotamia.
Akkad.
what are textiles?
woven cloth
rulers of Egypt were called?
Pharaohs
what is a monsoon?
a seasonal wind.
What is one reason the Egyptians were loyal to the Pharaoh?
They believed he was the son of Re. (Answers may vary)
The two rivers that were important to the civilizations of Mesopotamia.
The Tigris and Euphrates.
What were their tools made out of?
copper and bronze.
Pyramids were built because.......
To protect their pharaohs in the after-life.{safe guard their soul}
what is a nickname for the Indus valley civilization?
The cradle of Ancient India
Who was the first great engineer that built pyramids?
Imhotep.
The language spoken by most of the people throughout Ancient Mesopotamia.
Akkadian.
what is a savanna?
A flat grassland, sometimes with scattered trees, in a tropical or subtropical reason.
True or False... Narmer united upper and lower Egypt?
True.
where was the Indus valley civilization located?
It is located in what is now India and Pakistan.
What is a theocracy?
government by religious leaders.
The form of government was first used by the Sumerians.
A monarchy with king, who ruled a city-state.
the primary crops of Kush?
wheat and barley
The first female pharaoh.
Hatshepsut
why were the first settlements built on the shores of a river?
The soil was rich.
What was kept in a jar next to a sarcophagus?
The bodies' organs.
The civilization was known as a warrior society.
The Assyrians.
where was Kush?
Northern Africa.
the order of the Egyptian pyramid society from highest to lowest.
Farmers and slaves, artisans, scribes, priests, government officials, Pharaoh.
The river that ran through the Indus valley.
Indus valley river.