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Egypt
Mesopotamia
Persia/Phoenicians/Israelites
100
What is the name of an Egyptian Ruler?
pharaoh
100
Belief in one God
monotheistic
100
What river flooded and deposited silt, which made the land rich for farming
The Nile River
100
Name the two rivers in Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
100
Who invented the alphabet?
the Phoenicians
200
Extra food
surplus
200
complex, highly organized social order that include eight basic features.
civilization
200
Name the Egyptian god of the underworld
Osiris
200
What leader was the first to codify the laws that would govern his state?
Hammurabi
200
From what empire, in general, did the Kings pursue and policy of tolerance?
Persian
300
wedge-shaped writing of the ancient Sumerians.
cuneiform
300
a pyramid-temple dedicated to the chief god or goddesses of an ancient Sumerian city-state.
ziggurat
300
What is one reason the Egyptians developed practical geometry?
to survey the land
300
What did the Sumerians believe was their highest duty?
to keep the gods happy
300
Who is believed to have founded the Israelite nation?
Abraham
400
spread of ideas, customs, technologies from one people to another
cultural diffusion
400
system in which one set of goods or services is exchanged for another
barter economy
400
Name the Egyptian chief minister of the pharoah
vizier
400
What is the name of the famous poem from ancient Mesopotamia?
Epic of Gilamesh
400
Which civilization created the first uniform system of coinage?
Persian
500
governor of a province in the Persian Empire
satrap
500
the scattering of people
Diaspora
500
Name an achievement of the Middle Kingdom
The Egyptians drained land for farming.
500
What civilization controlled the Fertile Crescent after the fall of Sumer?
Babylonian
500
How did the beliefs of the Israelites differ from those of Mesopotamia?
monotheistic