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Mesopotamia
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100
Known as the land between two rivers
What is Mesopotamia
100
The reason ziggurats were tall
What is to honor the gods
100
How civilzations in Egypt developed
What is farms grew into villages then cities
100
Worship of many gods
What is polytheism
100
City areas
What is urban
200
The two regions in Egypt the Nile river flows through
What is Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
200
The modern day tool that is most like the sumerian plow
What is a tractor
200
The reason Egypt could afford to build pyramids and temples
What is taxing the people
200
The political order of Egypt was based on this in 3200 BC
What is priests who helped build the temples
200
a unit that comes from a larger region or continent
What is sub-region
300
Two ways the flooding of the Nile affected the economy of Egypt.
What are coating the land with silt and making it ideal for farming
300
The purpose of cylinder seals
What is to mark property (even if not everyone could read)
300
The reason Egypt conquered Kush
What is Kush was getting powerful, to prevent them from attacking Egypt.
300
The reason Egyptians built temples
What is to worship the gods they prayed to everyday
300
akkadian emperor who was first to use soldiers armed with bow and arrows
Who is Sargon
400
Names of the two rivers in Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates
400
The mesopotamia king that wrote a code of laws
Who is Hammurabi
400
Describes the relationship between Egypt and Kush
What is started off neighbors/trading, but Egypt thought Kush was too powerful and began fighting- turned into enemies.
400
Division of society by rank or class
What is social hierarchy
400
producing more than you need
What is surplus
500
A way of supplying water to an area of land
What is irrigation
500
The reason Mesopotamia is an ideal place for a civilization to develop.
What is access to 2 rivers, fertile land, natural barriers (rivers, desert), access to trade, etc.
500
This is how the Kushites learned about other cultures
What is through being taken over by Egypt, trade
500
Socially transmitted behavior patterns, beliefs and knowledge
What is cultural patterns
500
something that people do or cause to happen
What is human activity