Unit 1
The study of the remains of past humans.
What is archaeology?
The rivers that make up Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
An ancient prototype for botanical gardens.
What is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Major River in Africa that flows North.
What is the Nile River?
Kingdom in which the pyramids were built.
What is the Old Kingdom.
Artifact
What is a product of human skill?
Sumer
What is the first known civilization?
Sargon the Great
Who was the first Emperor?
A series of large waterfalls in the Nile River that prevent boats from sailing down the entirety of the Nile River.
What are cataracts?
One of Egypt's major gods.
What is Ra, Horus, Seth, Isis, or Osiris.
The Stone Age.
What is a time period in which the best material for making sharp edges was stone.
What is Iraq.
Persian Emperor that encouraged tolerance.
Who was Cyrus the Great
The process by which one prevents the biodegradation of a human corpse.
What is embalming?
Time period of peace and prosperity in Ancient Egypt.
What is the Middle Kingdom?
Primary Source
What is a witness to an event?
The body of water into which the rivers of Mesopotamia empty.
What is the Persian Gulf?
The Wheel, Sailboat, Plow, 360 degree circle, 60 second minute/60 minute hour, 12 month calendar, Irrigation systems.
What is the legacy of Mesopotamian civilizations?
The box that an Egyptian Mummy goes into.
What is a sarcophagus.
Guards the Great Pyramid.
What is the Sphinx?
History
What is the study of humanity's documented past?
Responsible for the most influential early law code.
Who is Hammurabi?
Gilgamesh's friend.
Who was Enkidu?
The building or room in which a mummy is placed.
What is a tomb?
Kingdom of which Moses led the Exodus.
What is the New Kingdom