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why was the Nile delta well suited for settlement .
Fertile farmland was located in the Nile Delta .
What are two ways the Egyptians decorated their temples?
Statues and Paintings .
What was the three main Kingdoms of the Nile?
Old kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom.
On which river did Kush develop .
The Nile River.
What are two rivers the Egyptians that were the site of the worlds first civilazation.
Tigris and Eupharates.
What was the most important factor in making Mesopotamia's farmland fertile?
Silt
What was the Phoenician's most important acheivement?
It was the Phoenician alphabet.
what are the advantages of the location of Meroe?
Helped Kush grow, large deposits of gold, forests of ebony and other wood, iron ore deposits.
How have mesoptamian advances and inventions improved modern society?
cuneifform, wheel, sailboat, sewers, clock, makeup, jewelry, or math system.
What was the basic political unit of Sumer.
City-States
what job employed the most people in Egypt?
Farmer and other peasants.
Why was finding the Rossetta stone so important to scholoras?
Greek scholars were able to translate Egyptian when compared to greek.
What people did Cyrus free when he conquered Babylon.
Cyrus freed the Jewish slaves
Why was it important that Hamurabi's code was written down?
Bc everyone could see what was wrong or right?
What is the hottest planet?
Venus, not Mercury, due to its thick climate.