Geography of Ancient Mesopotamia
What made settlement possible in Mesopotamia
The region had what settlers needed to survive: Water and land on which food can grow
How did Abraham's religious beliefs differ from the beliefs of other people of Mesopotamia?
Abraham and his famiy worshipped on God
How would you describe the Nile River
One of the Largest River
Why did the Egyptian use Papyrus
They used it for writing surface
What was the name of the yearly flood
Inundation or /aknet -
Irrigation is the use of connected ditches canals dams, and dikes to move water to dry areas. Irrigation allowed water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to be stored and used when needed.
The Ten Commandments
Why was the annual flooding of the Nile River important to the Egyptians
Farmers depended on the Flooding of the Nile to make their farmland new again
What was the name of the writing system that Egyptians development
Hierogyphics
How did the Nile bring the Egyptian people together
Surge of water and nutrients turned the Nile valley into productive farmland and made it possible for Egyptian civilization to develop in the midst of a desert
What important crops were grown in ancient Mesopotamia?
Vegetables, Fruits, fields not suited for crops were used for grazing animals.
In which city did King david build his capital
Jerusalem
What were some of the crops ancient Egyptians depended on?
Wheat, barley and some vegetables
What is Papyrus?
Papyrus is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface.
What did the Egyptians develop from the yearly flood? Why did they come up with this development
They developed the calendar to help divide their three seasons ( inundation, Emergence and Harvest)
What caused the ancienrt people of Mesopotamia to develop a system of irrigation
To get river water to their fields at just the right time farmers had to learn to tame the tigris and the Euphrates
What is the Diaspora
The settling of Jews outside of Israel. The word Diaspora comes from the Greek word for "sowing" as in the spreading of seeds.
What is the difference between the Black Land and the Red Land?
The Egyptians called the desert the Red Land. distngusihing it from the flood plain around the nile river called the Black Land
What were pyramids used for
Pyramids were built as mouments to hous the tombs of the pharaohs.
How did the Egyptians explain events in nature?
Hieroglyphic characters explain the natural living environment of Egypt during the time of the Pharaohs
What made Mesopotamia a good place for people to live?
The regular flooding along the tirgris and the Euphrates made the land around them especially fertile and iseal for growing crops for food
What changes did the Israelites bring?
They set up their own country and Named it the land of Israel
After solomon;s time Israel was divided into two parts North and South
How did the Nile River affeect the Land of ancient Egypt
Provided ancient Egypt with fertile soil and water for irrigation as, well as means of transporting matericals for buildinf projects.
How did they prepare a Mummies
Covering the body with natron a type of salt which has great drying properties and by placing additional natron packets inside the body.
What did the Egyptians do to control the Nile River.
The high Aswan dam allows Egypt to control the flow of the Nile river