Egypt
Which year was Egypt unified?
3100 BC/BCE
Name of the river that runs through Egypt
Nile
When were the first Sumerian Cities Built?
4500 BC/BCE
Name the two rivers in Mesopotamia
Tigris/Euphrates
Who are people who hunt wild animals and gather wild plants called?
Forager/Hunter-Gatherer
How were the first Egyptian cities politically organized before Egypt unified?
independent city states.
What were Pyramids Originally built for?
They were built to be tombs for Kings/Pharaoh's.
Name the system of writing the Sumerians created and what was it originally used for?
Cuneiform/accounting
______________ is the process of moving water from one place to another.
Irrigation
Who do historians credit with creating the worlds first empire?
The Akkadians
Name the book that has the spells and rituals to guide the dead to the afterlife?
The book of the dead
What is the process for preserving human remains called?
Mummification
The most prominent/important building in a Sumerian city
Ziggurat
The first postal system was created by this civilization.
Akkadians
Is civilization possible without Agriculture?
No
Name the Pharoh who defeated the sea peoples
Ramses III
Name the King/Pharoh who united Egypt.
Narmer/Menes
Name two Sumerian cities
Kish, Uruk, Ur, Sippar, Akshak, Larak, Nippur, Adab, Umma, Lagash, Bad-tibira, and Larsa.
Eye for an Eye is a quote from the law code created by this Babylonian king.
Hammurabi
What is a city that is its own independent country called?
City-State
What is the simplified/Practical form of writing used for everyday purposes
Demotic/Hieratic writing
What are the three fields of mathematics innovated by the Egyptians
Measurement, Time-keeping, and Land survey
What are the 2 uses for a wheel
pottery/transportation
How does a civilization deal with/get around resource scarcity.
Trade/set up a trading network.
After the wheel was first used for transportation, the first ________ Networks also appeared.
Trade