Nubia and Kush
Was Nubia north or south of Egypt?
south
The two rivers that often flooded and created the fertile soil of Mesopotamia are the _____________ and the _________________.
Tigris (on top)
Euphrates
______________ _________ was Mesopotamia's first set of written laws. These laws were very clear and had very HARSH consequences/punishments.
Hammurabi's Code
BC = ___________________ It means the same as ___________.
Before Christ
BCE (Before Common Era)
Most hunter gatherers lived in simple shelters, like _______________ because they knew they were going to have to move again with the seasons.
caves
Nubia was later known as ______________.
Kush
Mesopotamia was known as __________________ and ________________________.
The Land between Rivers
The Fertile Crescent
The world can thank Mesopotamia for its 1st ever written epic (long poem) named ________________
____________________.
the Epic of Gilgamesh
AD = _____________________ It means the same as ______________________.
Anno Domini (in the year of the Lord)
CE (Common Era)
The Neolithic time period is known as the ___________ _______________ because people started farming and could settle down permanently.
Agricultural Revolution
Ancient Egyptians and Ancient Nubians had 4 important similarities. Name them.
Similar religion (belief in afterlife)
Similar art (double crowns for pharaohs)
Similar architecture (pyramids)
Similar language (hieroglyphics)
Mesopotamia had long growing seasons, but the two factors that especially advanced agriculture were:
1. domesticated animals
2. metallurgy (advanced tools, especially the plow)
2 important advancements of Mesopotamia :
written language (cuneiform on clay tablets)
architecture (ziggurat temples)
The word that means "approximate" or "close to" when referring to time is ______________.
circa
Once there was a surplus (extra) of food, neolithic people could _____________________ besides farming.
specialize in other jobs
The Kushites developed a relationship with the Egyptians through ______________ . This took place mostly along the ___________ _________.
Trade ( especially gold, copper and stone)
Nile River
The ______________ and the ____________ made transportation and trade easier in Mesopotamia.
wheel
sail
Mesopotamian religion was __________________, meaning they worshiped many gods.
polytheism
10 years = _______________
100 years = ______________
decade
century
When civilizations settled permanently and a surplus was created, human population ______________, and the creation of ________________________ began.
increased (grew)
cities (towns)
When Egypt began to decline around the 1st century AD, the Kushites took over until Egypt was completed defeated by the ______________ in the end.
Assyrians
Specialized jobs increased trade because _______
________________________.
more goods/products were available for trade/barter.
Mesopotamia was the 1st civilization to be an Empire because it was the 1st to ____________________
________________________________.
conquer nearby countries/territories and take them under their own control.
Paleolithic people were __________________ otherwise known as _________ and ___________ because they moved with the seasons (followed the food and the animals)
nomadic
hunters and gatherers
1st civilizations were always developed in ___________ ___________. The first river-valley civilization was called __________________. It was located between two rivers that dumped into the ___________ __________.
river valleys
Mesopotamia
Persian Gulf