Vocab
This is a system of writing with wedge-shaped symbols:
What is cuneiform?
The Ancient Sumerians believed in many gods, also known by this term:
What is polytheism?
These were part of the Egyptian writing system:
What were heiroglyphics?
Who was King David?
The Persian's were the first civilization to utilize this:
What is coinage as a form of currency?
This is a system of ranking groups:
What is heirarchy?
The Hittites conquered the Sumerians and were known for their introduction & work with this metal:
What is iron?
These people ruled the Egyptians as both kings and gods:
Who were the pharoah's?
Abraham made a covenant with God where he & his people received these two items:
What were the Jewish people would become God's chosen peoples and Canaan/Israel would be their promised homeland?
This was the Egyptian god of the Underworld & judge of the dead:
What or who was Osiris?
This is monotheism:
What is a belief in only one God?
This was Hammurabi's Code:
What was the first recorded collection of over 250 laws and regulations that guided Ancient Sumerian law, public behavior, marriages, and civil life?
Ka meant this to the Ancient Egyptians:
What was the life force or spiritual double of the person?
To the Jewish/Hebrew people, the first five books of the Bible together were called this:
What is the Torah?
This is the natural color of Mr. Enget's mustache:
What is reddish-blonde?
This is the preservation of dead bodies by embalming and wrapping them in cloth:
What is mummification?
In Ancient Babylon, King Nebuchadnezzar built these to bring prestige and aura to his kingdom and city:
What were the Hanging Gardens of Bablyon?
What were giant temples/tombs constructed by the Ancient Egyptians as memorials and tributes to their gods and fallen kings?
The capitol of Israel along with the Jewish Temple was built in Jerusalem by this king:
Who was King Solomon?
Kings Cyrus the Great & Darius were leaders of this ancient empire:
What was the Persian Empire?
This is diaspora:
What is the spreading of certain group of people beyond their historic homeland?
The Ancient Sumerians met these 5 essential requirements for a civilization:
What are The Growth of Cities, Specialized Workers, Record-Keeping/Writing, Advanced Technology, & Complex Institutions?
This Egyptian Pharoah's tomb was one of the first discovered by modern archaeologists and contained much of what we identify now with the Egyptian's and their civilization characteristics:
Who was King Tutankhamun?
Name five of the Ten Commandments:
What are:
This is the Rosetta Stone:
What is a black basalt stone found in 1799 that bears an inscription in hieroglyphics, demotic characters, and Greek and is celebrated for having given the first clue to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphic?