Chapter 1
What is the story that emerges from written documents?
History
What is the longest river in Africa?
The Nile River
What is unique about First Dynasty burials?
Human sacrifices
What is a class born to rule?
Aristocracy
What was the name of the Sumerian dynasty that was established after the Gutians were driven out of Mesopotamia?
Neo-Sumerian Dynasty
Where did the nomads begin to settle?
Fertile Crescent
Who united Upper and Lower Egypt around 3100 BCE?
King Narmer
What was the progression of ancient Egyptian burial places? (3)
Underground tombs, mastaba tombs, pyramids
What is the name of Sargon's empire?
The Akkadian Empire
What environmental disaster occurred during the Neo-Sumerian Dynasty?
Salinization
What two rivers flow through the Fertile Crescent
Tigris and Euphrates
What is the Sumerian written language called?
Cuneiform
Which dynasty started the Old Kingdom of Egypt?
Third Dynasty of Egypt
What group of people invaded the Akkadian Empire and destroyed their culture?
Gutians
Who invaded and ended the Sumerian civilizaiton?
Elamites
What is the name of the oldest historical record that we have?
The Sumerian King List
What is the ancient Egyptian written language called?
Hieroglyphs
What was the fourth dynasty of Egypt known as?
The Golden Age of Egypt
Who left Ur during the Gutian occupation?
Terah and his family
When did the Sumerian civilization end?
2004 BCE
What type of story has been discovered in a dozen different races around the world?
Flood stories
What discovery allowed scholars to decipher ancient hieroglyphs?
The Rosetta Stone
Who built the Bent and Northern Pyramids?
Snefru
What two nations did Abraham's sons become?
Isaac=Israelites
Ishmael=Arabs
Who established Babylon and eventually conquered Assyria?
Hammurabi