Ancient Egypt
This was and is Egypt's water source
What is the Nile River
Mesopotamia refers to this
What is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Sumer was located in this modern-day country
What is Iraq
Assyrians replaced the ____ after the fall of their empire
What is Akkadians
This is the capital of both the Babylonian and the Neo-Babylonian Empires
What is Babylon
This is what the Ancient Egyptians wrote on
What is papyrus
Mesopotamia did not have a monolithic ____, rather having been home to many different peoples
What is culture
This is the written language developed by Sumerians
What is cuneiform
Assyrians and Akkadians came _____ Sumer
What is after
The religion of Babylonians was ______
What was polytheistic
The was the youngest pharaoh to rule Egypt
Who was Tutankhamun (King Tut)
The name "mesopotamia" comes from a Greek word meaning this
What is "between rivers"
This famous epic features a king of Uruk, a Sumerian city-state
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh
Akkadian is a ____ language related to Arabic and Hebrew
What is Semitic
Babylonians developed this set of the earliest written legal codes
What is the Code of Hammurabi
The Great Sphinx was carved out of this
What is limestone
Mesopotamia was as a preeminent force for this many years
What is 3,000
What is the wheel
This Akkadian king is mentioned in the Christian Bible
What is King Sargon
The city of Babylon was located along this river
What is the Euphrates River
Egyptians believed that this organ was the center of intelligence and emotion
What is the heart
This board game from Mesopotamia is the oldest extant playable game
What is the Royal Game of Ur
On the Sumerian King List, Kubaba is notable as the only ___ on the list
What is woman
This was first ruler of the Akkadian Empire
Who was King Sargon of Akkad
The numerical system of Babylon was based on this number
What is 60