2 Rivers Civilizations
These are the two rivers that make up the Fertile Crescent
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
When you're floating down the Nile, it's the geographical direction you're traveling in.
What is north?
He was associated with the Pyramid at Giza
Who was Khufu?
The Phoenicians found this in the sea and made them rich
What is the mollusk?
The Akkadians helped us travel. Usually done in sets of four
What is the wheel?
It's the city Abram was from
What is Ur?
Of Memphis or Thebes, it's the northernmost Egyptian city
What is Memphis?
First known woman ruler in Egypt
Who was Hatshepsut?
This form of writing was first used by the Sumerians
What is cuneiform?
It's the type of calendar used by the Egyptians
What is the solar calendar?
"The Land between Two Rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
200, 750, 800; it's the length (in miles) of the Nile River
What is 750?
Ruler of the first known empire
Who was Sargon?
This was the language that made the Syria the "crossroads of civilization"
What is Aramaic?
These are unified symbols believed to be first used by the Phoenicians.
What is the alphabet?
The first known empire
What is the Akkadian empire?
It provides fertile soil for crops
What is the Nile River?
Most likely, he was well acquainted with geometry since it was one of his empire's achievements
Who was Hammurabi?
Their achievements included medicine which was something to die for
Who were the Egyptians?
This was the field of math the Egyptians excelled in
What is geometry?
This empire was known as the "Old Babylon" Empire
What is the Sumerian empire?
He united upper and lower Egypt
Who was Menes?
The structure where Sargon most likely went to worship
What is a ziggurat?
These people had the first recorded code of law
Who were the Amorites?
This was used all the way around by the Sumerians
what is 360 degrees of the wheel?