Cities and Architecture
These ancient Mesopotamian temples were built from mud bricks.
What is a Zuggurat?
This tool was found on Otzi the Iceman
What is a copper axe?
This leader sought to rewrite Egypt's entire culture, from religion to government.
Who was Akhenaten?
This river runs along the northernmost border of Mesopotamia.
What is the Tigris?
Ancient writing developed here first.
What is Mesopotamia?
This is where the Great Pyramids were built.
What is Giza?
These people invented the Sail, the plow, and possibly even the wheel.
Who were the Sumerians?
This mythological figure built dams to control flooding in ancient China, and established the first dynasty.
Who is Yu?
This sea lies to the North of Egypt, and the East of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This tablet, discovered in Northern Egypt, helped to decode ancient writings by providing translations in three languages.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The Egyptians developed this technology to build second-story stone buildings.
What is Column and Lintel Construction?
Sumerians used one of these to press cuneiform into clay.
What is a Stylus?
This leader united lower and upper Egypt into one kingdom.
Who is Narmer
The Tigris and the Euphrates empty into this body of water.
What is the Persian Gulf?
Cuneiform was invented by the Mesopotamians to record this commodity.
What is Grain?
The first and most powerful Sumerian City.
What is Ur?
This highly prized metal was produced from Tin and Copper, and helped empower the first civilizations.
What is Bronze?
Who is Hammurabi?
The network of small rivers that feed into the Mediterranean from the Nile.
The Nile Delta
Whereas the art of writing in Egypt is called Hieroglyphs, this refers to the art of writing Chinese figures.
What is Calligraphy?
The capitol of the ancient Shang dynasty, built largely of wood with massive earthen walls.
What is Anyang?
The ancient Chinese invented blast furnaces to process this material.
What is iron?
This Egyptian Pharaoh was so powerful that her son tried to erase her from history.
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?
This sea lies to the far north of the Fertile Crescent.
What is the Black Sea?
The writing of "The People" in Egypt.
What is Demotic?