Locations
The "Great Sea" both Mesopotamia and Egypt shared on their maps.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This Sumerian leader created a written law system and called himself the "shepherd of the people."
Who is Hammurabi?
Polytheism is the belief in _____?
What is "many gods"?
"This" equals agriculture + industry + commerce
What is "economy"?
This is the year Mesopotamian Civilization began.
What is 3000 BC?
The original capital of Mesopotamia and where Gilgamesh was king.
What is Uruk?
This pharaoh built the first pyramid, and it had steps.
Who is Djoser?
A place where the Mesopotamians worshipped their gods in their cities.
What is a Ziggurat?
"These" mean priest carvings or sacred writings according to the Egyptians.
What are Hieroglyphics?
A pillar or slab made to commemorate a king or battle, still seen in the U.S.
What is a "Stele"?
This is the original capital of Egypt, named so by Menes himself.
What is Memphis?
The first "great" leader of Mesopotamia who used religion as a unifier for the city-states he conquered.
Who is Sargon?
They were at the heart of their religion in Egyptian society.
Who are the pharaohs?
This god was worshipped by Amenhotep IV and he even changed his own name and built a city to match the god's name.
Who is "Aten"?
To rule by divine authority.
What is "Theocracy"?
The territory where Israel would eventually settle, and Jerusalem would be the future capital.
What is Canaan?
This pharaoh began as a vizier and, through a series of strange events, became pharaoh in the Middle Kingdom.
WhO IS Amenemhet I?
This god was the judge of the dead in the Duat.
Who is Osiris?
This element was both valuable and plentiful in Egypt, as seen in their many treasures.
What is "gold"?
Name two of the three natural barriers Ancient Egypt relied on for safety.
What are:
"Deserts"
"Cataracts"
"Mediterranean Sea"
What is the city where the Great Pyramid and Sphinx are still located?
What is Giza?
This pharaoh led the Egyptian army to victory in the "Battle of Kadesh" against the Hittites.
Who is Rameses II?
This was discovered in several tombs and helped historians understand how the Egyptians viewed the Afterlife.
What is "The Book of the Dead"?
The Mesopotamians believed that the gods created mankind to do this for them.
What is "physical labor" or "digging canals"?
The name of Hatshepsut's stepson from whom she took over the throne.
Who is "Thutmose III"?