Vocab
What were the laws Hammurabi wrote called?
Hammurabi's Code
Who was Hammurabi?
A King
The head ruler of Egypt.
Pharaoh
Pharaohs were considered half king / half _____.
God
What does the P stand for in GRAPES
Politics
What was the name of the Mesopotamian temple where their gods lived?
Ziggurat
How many main gods did the Mesopotamians have?
7
What was the Egyptian process of preserving dead bodies for the afterlife?
Mummification
Egypt's geography included dry deserts and what river?
The Nile River
GRAPES helps us determine the characteristics of what?
Civilizations
A system of trading goods for other goods is called..?
Bartering
"An eye for an eye, a _____ for a ______."
Tooth
Egypt was ruled by a family. What is this called?
Dynasty.
For religious reasons, what was the only organ they left in the body during mummification?
The heart
The Mesopotamians and Egyptians didn't use money. Instead, they used a system of _______?
Trading (Bartering)
What was the first written language?
Cuneiform
What two rivers did Mesopotamia sit in between?
Tigris and Euphrates
Like Mesopotamians, the Egyptians believed in many gods. What is this called?
Polytheistic
Originally, who were the only people allowed to pass on to the afterlife?
Pharaohs
Who was at the bottom of both Mesopotamia's and Egypt's social structure?
Slaves & Farmers
Mesopotamia began about 3600 BC. What does BC on a timeline stand for?
Before Christ
What game did the Mesopotamians create that you can still play today?
Checkers
The Egyptians created the original form of paper. What was this called?
Papyrus
Egypt was ruled by a dynasty.
Mesopotamia was ruled by a king.
What piece of geography did both Mesopotamia and Egypt share?
Rivers