Mesopotamia
I am a geographical feature that was needed for people to live in Mesopotamia
What is Rivers
I am a person that hunts for their foods
What is a hunter and gatherer
I am a religious ritual that happens after someone has died
What is mummification
This item allows historians to see when events took place and compare how long each event was from each other
What is a timeline
Items that people use on a daily basis
What is a tool
I am a form of writing that developed here
What is cuniform
I am a discovery that allowed food to be hot
What is fire
I am the main source of life and water in Egypt
What is the Nile
this type of historian finds items left behind by other civilizations
Who is an archeologist
A religious temple in Mesopotamia
What is a ziggurat
I am a king that created many famous laws
Who is Hammurabi
Material used for tools
What is stone and wood
Compared to other women during ancient Egyptian times, Egyptian women had
What is more rights
I am something that was created during the time period that we are studying
What is a primary source
Belief in more than one god
I am an event that allowed people to travel from Asia to North America
What is the Ice Age
The Egyptian seasons were based of
What is the Nile
I am the part of a map that tells you what each symbol means
What is the key
A city that is also a separate independent state with its own god or goddess and government.
What is a city-state?
I am the group of people that conquered all of Mesopotamia with its military power
Who were the Assyrians
This was a discovery that allowed hunters and gatherers to stay in one place and create villages and towns
What is agriculture
This Egyptian Pharaoh united lower and upper Egypt
Who is Namer
This type of historians studies plants and fossils
What is Paleontologist
A time when people starve because there is so little food.
What is famine?