Vocabulary
I am highly skilled but of low status
What is an artisan?
It is believed that I am the longest river in the world.
Nile River
The duties of the men and women/children during the harvest seasons
What is cutting the stalks' and gatherimg the the harvest/stalks?
3 major government officials
Where were the chief treasurer, vizier, and general of the armies?
You can find me between the Tigras and Euphraties Rivers.
What is the land of Mesopotamia?
I provided fertile land for the Egyptians. Who am I
Nile River
The Nile River was a central geographical feature because of this.
What is fertile soil?
Grains were planted during the planted season
What is heat and barley?
Skilled scribes wrote on papyrus which was made from...
What is a plant?
Pryamid shaped temple dedicated to the gods.
What is a Ziggarat?
I am where many small rivers flow into an ocean
Delta
This is where the Nile Delta is locagted.
What is Southern (lower) Egypt?
During the flooding season this is what the farmers did.
What is building pyramids and temples?
It took many years to become a scribe
What is hundreds of hieroglyphs to learn?
A large arc of rich fertile farmland
what is the Fertil Cresent?
A key stone which allow scientist to learn hieroglyphics.
Rosetta Stone
We are the 2 main tibutaries that flow into the Nile River.
What are the Blue Nile and the White Nile?
The timer of year the Nile flooded
What is June to September?
6 classes of ancient Egypt in order from the highest to the loswest.
What is Pharaoh, government officials, prist, scribes, artisans, and pesants
There were 4 main problems of Mesopotamia.
What is food shortage, uncontrolled water supply, irrigation problems and being attacted by neighboring communities.
Egyptian practice of preserving bodies the afterlife.
Mummification
The Nile River is thought to be the longesr River in the world
What is 4,100 miles long?
Egyptian names for the Nile River seasons
What are Akhet (flooding), Peret (Planting), Shemue (Harvest)?
A pyramid outline showing the piositions of social classes according to their stutas in sociegty..
What is a social pyramid?
Independent territory that makes up a civilization
What is an empire?