Mesopotamia
The Greek meaning of Mesopotamia
What is "The Land Between the Rivers"?
The yearly flooding of the river in Egypt
What is the miracle of the Nile?
The capital of Hittite Kingdom
Where is Hattusha?
The religion created by Israelites
What is Judaism?
The city near the Pyramids
A massive stepped tower dedicated to the chief god/goddess of a Sumerian city-state
What is a ziggurat?
Egyptian history identified/recorded in these eras.
What are the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, & New Kingdom?
The Phoenicians greatest accomplishment
What is the alphabet?
The king that united the kingdoms together during Israel's height of power
Who is King Solomon?
The area of land between the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The Babylonian leader's greatest contribution
What is The Code of Hammurabi
The Pharaoh buried in the Great Pyramid
Who is King Khufu?
Hittites were the 1st to use
What is iron?
The two kingdoms that divided after the king's death
What is the Kingdom of Israel and Kingdom of Judah?
The two rivers in Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
The Akkadian leader that overran the Sumerians
Who is Sargon the Great?
The first woman pharaoh
Who is Hatshepsut?
Hittites were destroyed by...
Who are the Phoenicians?
The Israelites viewed this spiritual leader as the creator of the world
Who is Yahweh?
Israelites moved from Mesopotamia to...
Where is Canaan?
List at least 5 items of Sumerian technology
What are the wheel, sail, sundial, spinning wheel (pottery), Epic of Gilgamesh, arch + dome, math system based on 60, x and / y tables
List the process (in order) of mummification
What is...
1. put organs in jars & remove brain
2. cover corpse with salt for drying
3. wrap the body in linen (filled with spices)
4. put in sarcophagus
5. taken to the tomb
The nickname of the Phoenicians
What is the "Sea People"?
The empire that defeated Assyria and destroyed Jerusalem
Who are the Chaldeans?
Israelites moved to this location because of drought and became enslaved
Where is Egypt?