Mesopotamia
What do we call early members of society that found food for survival?
What is Hunters & Gatherers
•is an organized society within a specific area.
What is a civilization?
Egypt is south of the Mediterranean Sea
Egypt is situated in the northeastern corner of Africa, with a portion extending into Asia via the Sinai Peninsula.
26.8206° N, 30.8025° E
What is Location?
located in the continent of Africa.
Is the longest river in the world
What is the Nile River?
a fan-shaped area of silt near where a river flows into the sea
What is a delta?
These two things allowed primitive man to settle and create villages
What is domestication and agriculture
Babylon’s king and the city’s greatest monarch, or ruler of a kingdom or empire
was a brilliant war leader who brought all of Mesopotamia into his Babylonian Empire
Who is Hammurabi?
The two rivers brought silt to the land and made the land ideal for farming.
What did the Tigris and Euphrates brought?
was located in the southern region of Egypt and the norther region of Egypt.
What is Upper and Lower Egypt?
Egyptian leader who united both Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom
Who is a Menes?
What two important rivers from Mesopotamia flooded on a yearly basis
What is the Tigris and Euphrates
•A king of Uruk became a legendary figure.
Who is Gilgamesh?
The Nile River, Desert, Islam is the dominant religion in Egypt, Egyptian culture is rich and diverse, with a long history and traditions influenced by ancient civilization, The majority of Egypt's population lives along the Nile River and in the Nile Delta, due to the fertile land and access to water
What is Place?
Located in Northwest Nile and called Pe
What is the capital of Lower Egypt?
are formed where the Nile River flows over resistant rock layers, creating shallow, turbulent waters with boulders and rapids. This made traveling by ship along the Nile difficult.
What is cataracts?
•The Akkadian ruler
He defeated all of the city-states of Sumer.
•When his army conquered northern Mesopotamia, he established the world’s first empire. Empire: land with different territories and peoples under a single
ruled for 50 years. After his death, his empire lasted only a century longer.
Who is Sargon?
It provided a way of supplying water to fields and storing water for times of need.
How did irrigation help farmers?
Farmers used this bucket that was attached to a long pole that lifts water form the Nile and empties it into basins.
What is a shadoof?
a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols
What is hieroglyphics?
Egyptians called this "blank land" after the dark, rich soil.
What is Kemet?
Ancient Egyptians developed sophisticated irrigation systems to manage the Nile's waters and maximize agricultural production.
They used reed plants to make baskets to hold crops, and river rafts
What is HEI?
Egyptians gathered this reed plant that grew wild along the Nile river to make weave rope, sandals, baskets, and river rafts.
What is papyrus?
Title used by rulers of Egypt
It means Great house
Who is a pharaoh?