Mesopotamia Geography
This is the name of the continent that Mesopotamia is on.
Asia
This Mesopotamian invention makes the car possible
the wheel
This is the continent that modern day Egypt is on.
Africa
These triangular shaped structures are the most popular feature of ancient Egypt culture
This river and the Tigris River are the surrounding rivers of the Fertile Crescent
Euphrates River
ziggurat
This river provided needed water to Egyptians living in the desert
the Nile
It was their belief in the need for the body in the afterlife that led Egyptians to make bodies into these
mummies
This is the body of water the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers flow into.
The Persian Gulf
Many innovations in this, which means farming, led to Mesopotamia's surplus of goods
agriculture
This is the direction that the Nile flows
north
An Egyptian ruler
pharaoh
These are the mountains forming the eastern border of Mesopotamia
Zagros Mountains
This practice of controlling the water helped ancient cultures protect crops and water in the dry season
irrigation
This is the body of water that the Nile River flows into
The Mediterranean Sea
The most famous tomb belongs to this pharaoh
King Tutankamun
What present day country is located in the "Fertile Crescent"
Iraq
This is the name of the king/god who ruled ancient Mesopotamia, thought to be part lion
Gilgamesh
Also called cataracts, there are a series of these in Upper Egypt, which is in the south
waterfalls
ancient Egytian paper
papyrus