Mesopotamia
Invaders of Mesopotamia
Judaism
Egypt
Either or
100
An area of fertile soil that stretches in an arc from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea. The region is a crossroads where people and ideas meet and mingle
What is the Fertile Crescent.
100

Which civilization were the first rulers of Mesopotamia.

Who are the Sumerians

100
The belief in one god.
What is monotheism
100
Geographic terms for waterfall and the triangular marshland.
What is cataracts and the delta region.
100
The Egyptian form of picture writing.
What is hieroglyphics
200
The two rivers around the Sumerian civilization.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
200

The first Empire in Mesopotamia .

Who are the Akkadians or Sargon of Akkad. 

200
The most sacred text, tells the history of the ancient Israelites and their continuing relationship with God.
What is the Torah
200
The North part of Egypt.
What is Lower Egypt.
200

This civilization was known for sailing and the creating the first alphabet.

Who are the Phoenicians.

300
The largest buildings in Sumerian civilizations.
What are ziggurats
300
A system of managing government through various bureaus or departments run by appointed officials.
What is bureaucracy.
300
A binding agreement between God and the Israelites.
What is the covenant.
300
The three time periods of Egypt.
What are Old, Middle, and New Kingdom.
300
A flat black stone enabling Champollion to understand hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone.
400
Who is at the bottom rung of the Sumerian Social Hierarchy pyramid and also the largest population.
Who are the slaves.
400
The alphabet that adapted the idea of using symbols to represent spoken words.
What is the Phoenician alphabet.
400
Abrahams two sons
Who are Esau and Jacob.
400

The River that Ancient Egypt lay on?

The Nile.

400

Why was Egypt's location was so important for it's longevity and survival.

What is it was isolated

500

What is the significance of Hammurabi's code? Use the correct term.

It was the first written law in Ancient Civilizations
500

The largest and last rulers of Mesopotamia.

Who are the Persians.

500
The two key beliefs in Judaism.
What are the chosen people and the promise land.
500
The two foreign kingdoms that ruled in ancient Egypt.
What are the Hyksos and Nubia.
500
The Pharaoh whose tomb has unlocked many secrets on Egyptian civilization.
Who is King Tut/Tutankhamen's.
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