Mesopotamia
What is the meaning of the word Mesopotamia?
Land between rivers.
What is the most important river in Egypt?
Nile river.
Where was the body purified?
The ibu.
Each city in Mesopotamia has this large structure in the center of town?
Ziggurat.
What are the name of the two rivers that formed Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What is Hieroglyphics?
Uses pictures instead of symbols to write words or letters.
Which organs were canopic jars?
Lungs, liver, intestines, and stomach.
What was the form of writing invented during the Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform.
What industries were controlled at the center of the cities?
Trade, agriculture, and taxes.
Who made laws and keep order?
Pharaoh.
What was used to seal the cut?
The two fingers amulet.
Where was the mummy is place in the coffin is called?
Sarcophagus.
What present-day country is Mesopotamia?
Iraq.
Who wrote with a brush on papyrus sheets or on walls in characters?
Scribes.
Which material was used to wrap the body?
Linen.
How do they clean the body?
Palm wine and spices.
What was another names for Mesopotamia?
Fertile Crescent.
What is the occupation of the most Egyptians?
Farmers.
What would you find inside a mummy?
Sawdust.
What do we call the process of preserving the body of the dead?
Mummification.