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Mesopotamia
Egypt
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Junk Drawer
100
an advanced method of bringing water to fields
What is irrigation?
100

what country or countries is mesopotamia today?

Iraq mainly also Kuwait, Turkey and Syria. 

100
The source of the Nile is located in Lower or Upper Egypt.
What is Upper Egypt?
100
The device that allowed boats to travel against the wind.
What is the sail?
100

The laws that made the saying," An eye for an eye" famous.

What is Hammurabi?

200
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
200
The Greek word meaning "Land between the rivers."
What is Mesopotamia?
200
The triangular-shaped deposit of land found at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
200
The device that helped farmers get the land ready for planting.
What is the plow?
200

The Code of Hammurabi was important because it was the….

What is one of the first set of codified laws?

300
The rich, fertile soil left behind after flooding waters recede.
What is silt?
300

What ended mesopotamian civilisation?

The Persian invasion

300
The king in Egypt is also thought to be a _____________.
What is a god?
300
The Egyptian system of writing.
What is hieroglyphics?
300

In Egyptian society what was the difference between servants and slaves?

Servants got a salary where slaves did similar or worse work but with no rights.

400
A form of government based on religious authority.
What is theocracy?
400

What were the city states that the sumarians lived in?

Uruk and Ur

400
The geographical feature that surrounds Egypt to the east and west.
What is the desert?
400
The Mesopotamian system of writing.
What is cuneiform?
400
The 2 rivers found in Mesopotamia.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates?
500
Ideas/beliefs spreading from one group of people to another through trade or conflict.
What is cultural diffusion?
500

What were the 3 main authorities the Mesopotamian Kings had?

What is Political Military and Religious?

500
The preservation of dead bodies in Ancient Egypt.
What is mummification?
500
The religious temple constructed by the Sumerians.
What is a ziggurat?
500

What is the earliest recorded literature thanks to the Mesopotamians?

What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?