Where did the first civilizations pop up?
fertile crescent
Sea traders who settled on the Mediterranean coast and set up trade routes all along the coast of the Mediterranean sea?
Phoneticians
What happened to the Hebrews in Egypt
Became slaves
As man developed what became important?
keeping records
Egypt is divided into 2 sections _____ in the _____ and _____ in the ______
upper in the south lower in the north
Rivers provided what for the people? name two of three.
Drinking water, fertile soil for crops, and protection from enemies.
located in upper (lower) Egypt?
Nubia
Who led his people out of slavery?
Moses
list two of the things that were important to have wrote down?
tax, laws, Calendar, business transactions
what type of government was set up by Menes in Egypt
Dynasty
Mesopotamia means what?
between two rivers
Hebrews called this the promise land
Canaan
Where did he stop and to do what?
Mt. Sinai, and to pray
what are the two main writing systems
Pictograms and alphabet
Egyptians were _______ and even saw their _______ as ______
Polytheistic, Pharaohs, gods
Two rivers that surround Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Eurphrates
There was a ______ set up in Mesopotamia called _______ located near present day Baghdad
city state Babylon
God gave these law that he wishes for people to obey called _____ ________ and they were written on ____ _____
one of the earliest writings of pictograms was created by scribes and was in the _______ region of Sumer and was called _____
Mesopotamia, cuneiform
Name 3 of the Egyptians gods
Ra Isus Horus Osiris ka
These CIVILIZATIONS existed from about when to when?
3500-500 BC
______ was the ruler that had a set of codes, which was the first written______. Established the _____ ____ ____ ______.
Hammurabi, law, eye for an eye
Name 4 of the ten commandments
You shall have no other gods before Me.
You shall not make idols.
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Honor your father and your mother.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet.
this type of writing style used a shape _____ on a ____ _____ which dried in the sun later
reed, moist clay
The ______ were huge _____ for _______ which when they were dead were ______
Pyramids, tombs, Pharaohs, mummified