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Boys who were trained to read and write in ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt were called.
What are scribes?
The Egyptian Sun god?
Who was Ra?
Name for a King in Mesopotamia.
What is a lugal?
Ancient Egyptians invented this style of writing based on pictures.
What is hieroglyphics?
What are beer and bread?
Name TWO types of fruit the ancient Egyptians regularly ate.
What are...?
figs, dates, apples, grapes, melons, pomegranates
The Egyptian god of death and the underworld.
Who is Osiris?
Merchants, manufacturers, and craftworkers made up this class in ancient Egypt.
What is the middle class?
This group of people invented the first real version of paper.
Who are the Ancient Egyptians?
Alluvium is
The name "Mesopotamia" means.
What is "land between two rivers"?
The name for Mesopotamian gods that looked, and acted, much like humans.
What is a dingir?
The name of the Mesopotamian ruler who had the first set of laws written down.
Who was Hammurabi?
This Mesopotamian system of writing used a wooden stylus to press into wet clay tablets.
What is cuneiform?
The flooding season in ancient Egypt was known as...
What is the inundation?
This hairstyle on an Egyptian signified the person had not yet become an adult.
What is the side lock of youth?
True or False: Nanna was the Mesopotamian god of the moon.
What is "True"?
Ancient Mesopotamians believed their leaders were chosen by...
Who are "the gods"?
The ancient civilization who built temples called ziggurats.
Who were the Mesopotamians?
Something "odd" about the way people were drawn in ancient Mesopotamian art.
What is their eyes were drawn wide open and staring straight ahead, but their bodies were drawn in profile (standing sideways)?
Explain a major reason that it was stressful to be an artist during ancient Egyptian times.
What is there was no room for error. Egyptians believed mistakes were thought to harm a person being depicted in the after life...?
These ancient Mesopotamian people were respected advisors to the king because they were thought to be direct servants of the gods.
Who were the priests?
Punishments in Ancient Mesopotamia were harsh and based on the idea of...
What is "an eye for an eye"?
This ancient civilization created basic forms of mathematics, giant monuments and structures, and a 365 day calendar.
Name ONE of the two main products Sumerians were famous for making.
What are wool cloth (woven from looms using sheep's wool)?
or
What are carved stone seals with the owner's signature or symbol (used as a trademark or signature)?