Life on the River
This is what the ancient civilizations lived next to.
rivers
The writing system used in Ancient Egypt using small pictures as letters.
Hieroglyphs
A statue of a creature that has the body of a lion and the head of a human.
The Mesopotamians and Ancient Egyptians both believed these were powerful beings that controlled their world.
Gods and goddesses
trade
They lived next to the rivers to do these things.
Trade, travel, fish, farm, etc.
The wedge-shaped writing used in Mesopotamia.
Cuneiform
The king or ruler of Ancient Egypt.
Pharaoh
The act of taking care of land and growing plants for food.
Farming
caravan
A long, deep ditch dug to bring water to dry farmland.
Canal
Something you use to represent an idea or object, like an eye to represent the word "see."
symbol
The large, triangular tombs built in Egypt for the pharaohs.
pyramids
A group of people with a shared culture, government, and way of life that often started near a river.
civilization
A word that means things are almost the same but not exactly alike.
similar
The long river that made farming possible in Ancient Egypt.
Nile River
People in ancient times whose job was to write and keep records.
Scribes
A stepped, pyramid-shaped temple built in the center of a city in Mesopotamia.
The beliefs about gods and goddesses that were important to ancient people.
religion
Something that can be seen or easy to spot.
visible
The two rivers that ran through Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates
A type of paper made froma reed that grew along the Nile River.
Papyrus
A set of written rules and laws for people to follow, like the famous one from Babylon.
Code of Hammurabi
The process of preparing a dead body to preserve it, which Ancient Egyptians did for their rulers.
mummification
A person who digs up old objects to learn about the past.
archaeologist