Mesopotamia
The word Mesopotamia is Greek for this.
What is 'the land between the rivers'?
This title, given to Egyptian leaders, means 'great house'.
What is pharaoh?
The Sumerians invented this wedge-shaped stone in an arch that causes the arch to lock together.
What is a keystone?
The Nile flows north from central Africa all the way to the Nile Delta and empties into this large body of water.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This group of people from western Asia came across the Sinai Peninsula and conquered the Egyptians during the Middle Kingdom.
Who were the Hyksos?
These are the two rivers that are the lifeblood of Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
These massive tombs, the largest of which were made in Giza, are evidence of the great wealth and power of Egyptian rulers.
What are pyramids?
This hand-operated device was invented for lifting water.
What is a shaduf?
At the mouth of the Nile where it empties into the sea, large deposits of silt (fine sand) have formed this, a triangle-shaped area of marshy flatland.
What is a delta?
The main reason the Hyksos conquered the Egyptians was because of their advanced weaponry, specifically these.
What are war chariots/bronze weaponry?
Mesopotamia is part of a large area of rich farmland called this.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Upper and Lower Egypt were united by him.
Who is Narmer?
Farmers in ancient Mesopotamia learned to deal with flooding by developing this to control the water.
What is irrigation?
The yearly flooding of this river was predictable and deposited fertile soil along its banks.
What is the Nile?
Pharaohs stopped building pyramids, and instead, they carved elaborate, multi-room tombs deep into the limestone cliffs here.
What is the Valley of the Kings?
This group of people settled in southern Mesopotamia and had cities like Ur, Nippur, and Eridu.
Who are the Sumerians?
The largest pyramid in Giza was built for this pharaoh.
Who is Khufu?
Egyptians developed a paper-like material from this reed.
What is papyrus?
These are sets of rocky rapids and waterfalls in the southern Nile. They acted as a natural barrier, making it very difficult for enemies to invade Egypt from the south.
What are cataracts?
He ruled for 66 years, signed the world's first known peace treaty (with the Hittites), and built more monuments than any other pharaoh.
Who was Ramses?
Another group of people called Babylonians settled in Mesopotamia and had this king who created one of the earliest sets of laws.
Who was Hammurabi?
This sort of 'cosmic law' was the universal balance of truth, justice, and order (and also the name of the goddess of truth).
What is Ma'at?
Egyptians developed this process to preserve a body after death and prepare it for the journey into the afterlife.
What is mummification?
This is the name of a country found in the Fertile Crescent that starts with the letter 'J'.
What is Jordan?
One of Egypt’s few female pharaohs, she focused on trade expeditions and massive building projects rather than war.
Who was Hatsepshut?