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100
Anther term for a ranking of groups
What is a Hierarchy?
100
This Akkadian king conquered Sumer in 2300 B.C.
Who is Sargon?
100
This river flows through Egypt
What is the Nile?
100
This god was the chief sun god of Egypt
Who is Amon-Re?
100
This paper-like material was used for writing by many ancient civilizations including Egypt.
What is Papyrus?
200
This type of religion was practiced by the people of Sumer
What is polytheism?
200
This king of Babylon conquered most of the Fertile Crescent and reformed the city of Babylon
Who is Nebuchadnezzar>
200
This ancient city was the first capital of unified Egypt
What is Memphis?
200
This process was used to secure afterlife for the soul
What is mummification?
200
The modern day coasts of Syria and Lebanon were settled by this sea-faring civilization
What is the Phoenician Civilization?
300
This type of terraced building was used as a temple
What is a Ziggurat?
300
This ancient empire founded by Cyrus the Great stretched from modern-day Turkey to western India
What is Persia?
300
This pharaoh fought the Hittites and expanded Egypt as far north as Syria
Who is Ramses II?
300
This pictographic form of writing was used by the early Egyptians
What is hieroglyphics?
300
This ruler of Babylon is credited with establishing the first codified law
Who is Hammurabi?
400
This writing system consisted of wedge shapes carved in clay
What is Cuneiform?
400
This ancient civilization was the first to use iron weapons
What is the Hittite civilization?
400
In 332 B.C. this foreign power ended the last Egyptian dynasty
What is Greece?
400
This Egyptian pharaoh wanted to make Aton the chief god of Egypt
Who is Akhenaton?
400
This Phoenician city-state was famous for its purple die known as "Tyrian Purple"
What is Tyre?
500
This epic poem tells the story of a world-wide flood and the struggles of a king of Sumer
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
500
This ancient civilization used ruthless fear tactics and its capital was at Nineveh
What is Assyria?
500
This king of upper Egypt united upper and lower Egypt around 3100 B.C.
Who is King Menes?
500
This animal form was believed to be taken on by the eater of the dead
What is a crocodile?
500
These invaders conquered Egypt using war-chariots and ruled in Egypt for over 100 years
What are the Hyksos?
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