mesopotamia
what are the rivers of mesopotamia
tigress and euphrates
what is Egypt's river
the Nile river
what is a sphinx
mythological lion with eagle wings and a human head
youngest pharaoh to be pharaoh and to die
king tut aka Tutankhamun
sun god of egypt
ra
What is a Ziggurat
Temple and it was a place for religion
who is Hatshepsut
one of the few female pharaohs
what is a Pharaoh
title for a egyptian king or queen
thutmose III
hatshepsuts stepson
first written language
cuniform
What was Hammurabi’s code, and what were 2 societal issues that it addressed hint it has to do with money and eyes
wages and a eye for a eye
tallest man-made structure for 3,800 years.
The pyramid of Giza
what's a dynasty
succesion of rulers from the same family
created the first laws
hammurabi
how many woman pharouhs
six women
What is the ‘fertile crescent’ and what modern-day countries are a part of it?
is the crescent-shaped region in Western Asia and North Africa that spans the modern-day countries of Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine
was egypt upside down
yes
regent
subsitute monarch
akhenaten
pharaoh that belived in monotheisim
first work of literature and the most complete and its main character
the epic of Gilgamesh and main character was Gilgamesh
What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek?
Land of two rivers
around how many dynasties
Between 3100 BCE and 332 BCE, Egypt was ruled by thirty-one different dynasties, which are classified into Old, Middle and New Kingdoms.
delta
plain at the mouth of a river
first pharaoh of egypt
menes or narmer
who was king when the akkadians took over mesopotamia
Sargon of Akkad