Mesopotamia
An autonomous group of people who rule themselves under a larger civilization.
City-State
Who was the epic (fictional) King of Sumer?
What do we call the belief in many gods?
polytheism
This bronze age invention helped artisans and potters to build clay pots faster.
Wheel
The Nile River flows from ____ to ____.
South to North.
land that was good for crops to grow shaped like a C-shape between the Tigris and Euphrates
fertile crescent
What surplus good did people have and pay taxes with?
Grains
This Empire was founded by a canal-digger named Sargon who caused an uprising in Akkad.
Akkadian
Name 3 causes for the Bronze Age Collapse.
Megadrought, Earthquakes, Internal Rebellion, External Wars (like from Sea Peoples).
This Pharaoh is credited with uniting upper and lower Egypt into one empire.
Menes
A large group of people ruled by one government
Empire
Mesopotamia is known as the "Cradle of __________"
Civilization
What are the names of one of the rivers Mesopotamia is between
Tigris and Euphrates
Chariot
During the latter kingdoms, Pharaohs began to be buried here rather than in pyramids.
Valley of the Kings
The largest building in most Sumerian cities was a huge brick temple called?
ziggurat
What is the Mesopotamian writing system?
cuneiform
This Empire had hanging gardens and a code of law and Nebuchadnezzar II who prized his library.
Babylon
First written code of Laws
Code of Hammurabi
This was the final Pharaoh of Egypt until it became a Roman province.
Cleopatra VII
Which is the practice of melting ore to make weapons and tools (like blacksmithing)?
Metallurgy
Mesopotamia is Greek for?
Land Between Two Rivers
Assyrian
This bronze age invention allowed farmers to plant and harvest better.
plow
What do we call the stretch of time between each Egyptian kingdom when there was fighting and multiple Pharaohs?
Intermediate Periods