Religion
Monotheistic/Monotheism
What did early humans have for shelter?
Caves and Natural Overhangs
What are the two rivers of Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What did ancient Egyptians believe about death
Bonus: What was their special text they used?
They would go to the afterlife with Osiris
Book of the Dead
The first king
Saul
To believe in multiple gods
Polytheistic/Polytheism
People who move place to place
Nomads
The first written code of laws
Hammurabi's code
Label the social pyramid of Egypt
Pharaoh
Upper Class (Priest, bureaucrats,..)
Middle Class (specialized workers)
Farmers
Unskilled workers/ slaves
Who did the Israelites believe had responsibility for actions?
Personal responsibility and individual worth
Temples built in Mesopotamia to worship their gods
Ziggurats
A job where you have to have training to do it
Name two inventions from Mesopotamia
Wheel
Sailboat
Cuneiform
Wheeled carts
Plow and irrigation system
The process of preserving a body and taking out their organs.
Bonus: Why did they do this?
Embalming and/or mummification
The set of laws Israelites followed
Bonus: Where were they located and who received them?
Ten Commandments
Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) and Moses
Built has special tombs for the pharaoh and his family
Pyramids
An economy based only on trade
Barter Economy
What is the significance of the Epic of Gilgamesh?
The first/oldest written epic
Label the social class pyramid of ancient Egypt.
Pharaoh
Upper Class (Priest, bureaucrats,..)
Middle Class (specialized workers)
Farmers
Unskilled workers/ slaves
What did King David do?
United the twelve tribes and made Jerusalem the capital
What was the official religion of the Israelites?
Bonus: Were they monotheistic or polytheistic?
Judaism
What marked the Agriculture Revolution?
Hint: What did ancient humans begin to do?
Farm and/or build permanent shelters
How did religion impact Mesopotamia?
They believed their gods impacted their daily lives and the natural world, having a god for everything.
Name the 3 important Pharaohs and why they were important.
Hatshepsut- expanded trade and temples
Tut- youngest pharaoh and his tomb was left alone
Ramses II- expanded Egypt's territory and created temples and structures.
Explain the chain of events or movement of the Israelites
Abraham went to the promised land, Israelites moved to Egypt because of famine, Moses frees the Israelites from enslavement and go back to Canaan.