Mesopotamian City-States
This was one of the first major city-states in Sumer, known for its ziggurat.
What is Ur?
This pharaoh is famous for the Great Pyramid at Giza.
Who is Khufu?
This prophet led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.
Who is Moses?
This crucial Mesopotamian invention revolutionized transportation and pottery-making, becoming one of the most significant innovations in ancient history.
What is the wheel?
This was the primary occupation for most people in ancient Mesopotamia, essential for sustaining the early city-states.
What is farming?
This Mesopotamian city-state was ruled by King Gilgamesh, a legendary figure in ancient literature.
What is Uruk?
She was one of Egypt’s few female pharaohs, known for expanding trade.
Who is Hatshepsut?
This is the holy book that contains the laws and teachings of the Israelites.
What is the Torah?
The Egyptians developed this form of writing using pictorial symbols.
What are hieroglyphs?
This elaborate preservation process in Ancient Egypt aimed to prepare the dead for the afterlife by preventing decay.
What is mummification?
Mesopotamia is known as the 'land between two rivers.' Name these rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
This pharaoh ruled for over 60 years and fought the Hittites at the Battle of Kadesh.
Who is Ramses II?
This king is known for establishing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and slaying Goliath.
Who is David?
The Israelites were among the first to practice this form of religion, centered around one god.
What is monotheism?
This Israelite festival commemorates their escape from Egypt.
What is Passover?
This type of writing, developed by the Sumerians, is one of the earliest forms of written language.
What is cuneiform?
This young Egyptian pharaoh suffered from conditions such as malaria, a broken leg, and wide hips, which were revealed through studies of his nearly intact tomb discovered by Howard Carter in 1922.
Who is Tutankhamun?
These were the set of laws that Moses received on Mount Sinai.
What are the Ten Commandments?
This massive, terraced structure built by the Sumerians served as a temple and was believed to connect heaven and earth.
What is a ziggurat?
These people, living to the south of Egypt, had a complex relationship with the Egyptians, involving both trade and conflict.
Who are the Nubians?
This king created one of the earliest known law codes in Babylon.
Who is Hammurabi?
She was the last pharaoh of Egypt and known for her alliance with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
Who is Cleopatra?
This set of dietary laws observed by the Israelites outlines foods that are permissible to eat, including restrictions on mixing meat and dairy.
What are kosher laws?
The Egyptians used this plant to create paper for writing.
What is papyrus?
This god, considered the chief deity in Sumerian religion, was believed to rule over the sky and was worshiped in ziggurats.
Who is Anu?