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The Fertile Crescent.
Where was Mesopotamia?
100
Tigress and Euphrates
What were the main rivers in Mesopotamia?
100
These people were near the bottom of all social pyramids,but they fed the everyone.
Who were farmers.
100
The earliest known form of writing. It was used in Ancient Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
100
The worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
200
The Nile River Valley.
Where is Egypt?
200
The Nile River
What is the river in Egypt?
200
These people were important in all societies and keep people safe.
Who were soldiers?
200
This form of writing is composed of images. It was used in Egypt.
What are hieroglyphs?
200
The worship of one god.
What is monotheism?
300
A series of islands surrounded by seas.
Where is Greece?
300
This sea is shared by Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300
These people were not very high on the social pyramid, but they bought and sold items from all over.
Who were merchants?
300
This group of people who invented the plow, were able to increase the productivity of their farms.
Who were the Mesopotamians?
300
The city that was the birthplace of democracy and philosophy was named after this Greek goddess.
Who is Athena?
400
Located in Southern Asia.
Where was Mesopotamia?
400
This made it possible for farmers to grow crops in areas that lacked water.
What is irrigation?
400
These people communicated the will of the "gods" to the people. They were very high on the social pyramid.
Who were priests?
400
Democracy began in this city-state.
What is Athens?
400
These people only worshiped one God.
Who were the Israelites?
500
Located in Northern Africa.
Where is Egypt?
500
This brought silt which created fertile farm lands.
What are floods?
500
Civilizations that had kings or pharaohs were called this.
What is a monarchy?
500
These people invented philosophy.
Who were the Greeks?
500
This Pharaoh attempted to change the whole religious structure of Egypt from polytheism to monotheism.
Who was Akhenaten?