What is king Menes famous for?
What is the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt?
The Sumerian's developed a circle based around _____ degrees
360
The outlet of the Nile is known as the ____
Delta
This Old Kingdom pharaoh built the largest of the Great Pyramids at Gizeh
Who is Khufu
This Pharaoh signed the first peace treaty with the Hittites
Who is Ramses II?
Brick and earthen structures, with steep staircases, that had temples on the top. Used as early temples to worship the gods
What are ziggurats?
The cultural group best known for their military and brutality to other cultures
Who are the Assyrians?
This is the Northern section of Egypt
Lower Egypt
This was seen as a guardian for the pyramids
What is the Great Sphinx
Most of what we know about mummification is due to this pharaoh
King Tut
These people invented iron weaponry
Who are the Hittites
This is a type of rule kept within the family
What is a dynasty
This tablet allowed us to decipher hieroglyphs?
What is the rosetta stone
Akhenaton introduced this type of religion to Egypt
Monotheism
This was the first set of codified laws
Hammurabi's code
Types of pictograph writing style
Hieroglyph
What city was the first capital of the Egyptian Empire
What is Memphis
Sumerians worshipped many Gods. This is known as _____
Polytheism
This cultural group, who conquered the Sumerians, is famous for the first Empire and Chariots
Who are the Akkadians?
Bonus: These were the jars in which Egyptians would keep the organ in the pharaohs tombs
Canopic Jars