Mesopotamia
Egypt
Epic of Gilgamesh
Geography
Fun History Facts
100

A temple tower in Mesopotamia.

What is a ziggurat?

100
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100

Gilgamesh and Enkidu fought and killed Humbaba here.

What is the Cedar Forest?

100
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
100

This ancient civilization invented toothpaste.

Who were the Ancient Egyptians? - It was made of rock salt, pepper, mint, and dried iris flowers.

200

He one of the most legendary historical figures, he was a heroic priest-king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk

Who was Gilgamesh?

200

Civilizations in Ancient Egypt depended on this river for survival.

What is the Nile River?

200

Gilgamesh was created by these beings.

Who are the gods?

200

The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.

What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?

200
This bird was once worshipped like a god.

What is the turkey? The Mayan people believed that they served as vessels of the gods 

300

This was the writing system using in Mesopotamia. 

What is cuneiform?

300

This was the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt.

What are hieroglyphics?

300

After Gilgamesh rejects the goddess Ishtar, she sends this creature to attack the city.

What is the Bull of Heaven?

300

This is the body of water to the west of Mesopotamia.

What is the Mediterranean Sea?

300

This many people died during the construction of the Great Wall of China in the third century B.C.E.

What is 40,000 people? - Many of these workers were convicts and soldiers, and were buried within the wall itself.

400

This was an important invention created in Mesopotamia.  

What is: the concept of time, math, the wheel, sailboats, maps or writing.

400

Herodotus said that this many people worked on the pyramid.

What is one hundred thousand men (at a time)?

400

The cleverest of the gods, Ea, tells this person or thing to build an ark to escape the flood. 

What is the reed fence (near Utnapishtim)?

400

Mesopotamia is often referred to as this because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.

What is the Fertile Crescent?

400

Horse-riding nomadic herders in Central Asia invented this article of clothing. 

What are pants? - The ancient wool trousers were unearthed in western China and carbon-dated to between the 13th-10th centuries B.C.E. They have straight-fitted legs and strings for fastening at the waist.

500

By 3000 B.C.E., Mesopotamia was firmly under the control of these people.

Who were the Sumerians?

500

The Pyramids at Giza have been standing there for around this many years. 

What is five thousand years?

500

This is Utnapishtim's test for Gilgamesh to see if he will be granted eternal life. 

What is: Gilgamesh has to stay awake for seven days (prevail against sleep)?
500

These are the two types of location, according to the five themes of geography.

What are absolute and relative?

500

Pythagoras, creator of the Pythagorean theorem, was scared of this type of vegetable.

What are beans? - He claimed that fava beans contained the souls of the dead since they were flesh-like