Social
This person or group of people are at the top of the social class system in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Israelite kingdoms.
Who is the king or the pharaoh.
This person united Lower and Upper Egypt and was the first pharaoh.
Menes.
This word, in ancient Greek, means "the land between the rivers."
Mesopotamia
A ziggurat housed this/these.
What are religious shrines.
This Mesopotamian invention made watering crops quicker and easier.
Irrigation.
Cyrus the Great was known for this characteristic.
Tolerance.
Hammurabi created a set of these.
Laws.
This led to population growth.
Food surplus.
This Mesopotamian empire was known for their seafaring skills.
Who are the Phoenicians
This activity is what led to Egyptian civilization.
A. Farming
B. Crafting
C. Herding
A. Farming
This is the largest and most powerless group of people in Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and Israelite social class systems.
Peasants or slaves.
This emperor began the Akkadian empire and expanded it during his reign, and also destroyed Jerusalem.
Sargon the Conquerer.
This acted as a natural barrier around Egypt.
What is the desert.
Mesopotamia and Egypt both practiced polytheistic religions. What does polytheistic mean?
Worship of many gods.
When the Hyksos invaded Egypt, they brought these technologies/inventions with them.
Compound bow
Chariot
Improved metal weapons
This group of people invaded Egypt during the New Kingdom multiple times before conquering them after the decline.
Sea Peoples
This pharaoh tried to erase his successful step-mom, Hatshepsut, from history.
Thutmose III
Egyptians traveled, traded, and communicated using this.
Nile River.
During his reign, Akhenaten (AKA Amenhotep IV) switched to a monotheistic religion and worshipped only this god.
Who is Aten.
This type of weapon made the Assyrians successful.
What are bows and arrows.
This pharaoh made a treaty with the Hittites, had many, many children, and led successful military campaigns.
Ramses the Great.
Hatshepsut's best known accomplishment as pharaoh is what?
Expanding trade, improving the economy.
Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations both revolved around what physical feature?
Rivers.
Bonus: What are the names of all three rivers?
The pyramids were used for what?
Storing the pharaoh's mummy during the afterlife.
Where is ancient Egypt located?
Where is Mesopotamia located?
Egypt - Along the Nile River.
Mesopotamia - Fertile Crescent; between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.