Cities
The name of one of the monuments created by ancient Egyptians
What are the Great Pyramids or the Sphinx?
The type of writing used in Mesopotamia
What is cuneiform?
The name of one of the rivers in the Fertile Crescent.
What is Tigris or Euphrates?
The environmental issue that affected ancient Egypt and led to the fall of its civilization
What is droughts?
Between ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt, the civilization that lasted the longest
What is Egypt?
The name for Egyptians powerful rulers who were considered gods
What is "pharaoh"?
What is "heiroglyphs"?
The water source that helped agriculture and provided transportation in ancient Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
The environmental issue that affected ancient Mesopotamia and led to the fall of its civilization
What is overuse of the land led and soil erosion?
Both Mesopotamia and Egypt where vulnerable to _____ from outside forces
What is "invasions"?
What is Ur or Babylon?
The law code that helped organized ancient Mesopotamian society.
The name of one innovation created by ancient Mesopotamians
What is the wheel or plow?
One of the invaders who invaded ancient Mesopotamia
What is the Hittites or Assyrians?
Both Mesopotamia and Egypt experienced internal _____ or weakening leadership that led to their downfall
What is "conflict"?
The name of a famous Egyptian city
What is Alexandria or Luxor or Thebes?
The reason why Mesopotamian agriculture/farming started to decline
What is overusing the land and/or using salty water to irrigate crops?
Strong ____ leadership under pharaohs helped Egypt to grow and defend itself.
One of the invading groups that invaded ancient Egypt
What is the Hyksos or Assyrians or Persians?
The reason developing writing was helpful to both ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
What is for keeping records and/or communicating?
The name of buildings Mesopotamians built to honour their gods
What is ziggurats?
The name given to the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This is where Mesopotamian civilization emerged
What is "fertile crescent"?
This word means "many gods" and refers to the religions of both ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt.
One of the reasons, besides invasions and decline of resources that caused ancient Egypt to fall
What is weakening leadership?
Both Mesopotamia and Egypt were established around strong _____ that helped their civilizations grow
What is "rivers"?