Egypt
Ancient Egyptian Picture Writing!
Hieroglyphs
This kind of writing is around 3,200 years old. The oldest known. Invented in Sumer.
Cuneiform
Huang He
Yellow River
What is terrace farming?
a way to farm on hills/mountains and not waste water
Awesome
Pulled by horses and used in war, often by archers
Chariot
A large temple/storage often at the center of Mesopotamian cities
Ziggurat
What were Oracle Bones
What is a dynasty?
A family of rulers where rule is passed from one to another
What was the most important crop (thing they grew) in both Egypt and Mesopotamia?
Wheat!
An ancient black stone carved with both hieroglyphs and Greek (allowed people to understand ancient Egyptian)
Rosetta Stone
The first known epic story. About a ruler searching for immortality.
Gilgamesh
Why are oracle bones important? What did they prove about Chinese?
That written Chinese has been around since the Huang He civilization!
Where were noodles invented?
China! duhhh
What is Mr. Warsaw doing?
T-pose (Fortnite Emote)
The rulers of Ancient Egypt. Considered to be part-god.
Pharaoh
What did Gilgamesh learn at the end of his journey?
Immortality is impossible but you can live on past death by leaving a great legacy (he left the great city of Uruk).
Describe the Terracotta Warriors/Army and tell me what terracotta is!
7,000+ found while digging well
buried with 1st emperor
Clay!
In the Huang He river valley civilization what metal was probably most important?
Bronze! (also gold)
IRON!
Name something that would have been buried with an Egyptian pharaoh
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What are the names of the two rivers that flow through modern-day Iraq?
Tigris and Euphrates
Who was Yu the Engineer?
Mythical emperor in charge of new inventions (technology)
What do we call Kings or Queens from Ancient China?
Emperors (rule over empires!)
What are some reasons that Empires fall apart?
-Natural disasters (floods, earthquakes)
-Drought
-Enemies
-Bad rulers
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