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Early civilizations started around a...
What is a river?
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A temple in ancient Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
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King who developed a harsh code of law; consequences depended on your class.
Who is Hammurabi?
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Tool used by the ancient Egyptians to lift water into the canals.
What is a shadouf?
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Political divisions used by the governments in Mesopotamia where a powerful city controlled itself and nearby land.
What is a city-state?
200
Land between the two rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
200
The process used by the ancient Egyptians to prepare the body for the afterlife.
What is mummification?
200
Form of government found in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
What is monarchy?
200
Egyptian "paper" made from reed plants.
What is papyrus?
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Empire from Mesopotamia that developed a battering ram
Who are the Assyrians?
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Modern day nation where Mesopotamia is located.
What is Iraq?
300
Structures built by the ancient Egyptians during the Old Kingdom in which they buried their pharaohs
What are pyramids?
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Female pharaoh from ancient Egypt.
Who is Hatshepsut?
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The language of Hammurabi's Code of Law is written in.
What is cuneiform?
300
What the double crown of ancient Egypt represents.
What is the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt?
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What rivers left behind after they flooded that fertilized the soil.
What is silt?
400
Osirus, Isis, Thoth, Horus, & Anubis
Who are ancient Egyptian gods?
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Empire from Mesopotamia that used a common currency
Who are the Persians?
400
Used by the Egyptians and Mesopotamians to help with flood prediction.
What is a calendar?
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One reason the ancient Egyptians, Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires declined.
What is wars with other civilizations?
500
The two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
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The first monotheistic religion that is still practiced today.
What is Judaism?
500
Due to their power and position in society, kings were placed here on the social pyramid.
What is at the top?
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Used by the Egyptians and Mesopotamians to make planting easier.
What is a plow?
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Due to their lack of power and status, slaves were placed here on the social pyramid.
What is at the bottom?