Geography
The transformation of fertile land into desert.
What is Desertification?
One of the earliest civilizations in the Fertile Crescent.
What is Mesopotamia?
Gave us the phrase, "an eye for an eye."
Hammurabi's Code
The first king of Egypt.
Egyptians built these to flaunt their wealth and bury their dead pharaohs.
What are pyramids?
This helps support life along rivers in uninhabitable areas.
What are silt deposits?
Early settlers in river valleys developed this to help control floods for farming.
What are irrigation systems?
Believes that Jesus of Nazareth is their Messiah.
One of the first sultans of the Ottoman Empire.
Who is Suleyman I?
The Babylonian king who gave us one of the first written codes of law.
Who is King Hammurabi?
An empire located in the northeastern corner of Africa.
What is Egypt?
The name for large settlements that were able to develop due to river valleys.
This group invaded Egypt between the Middle and New Kingdom periods.
Who are the Hyksos?
The Ottoman Empire practiced this in regards to outside religion in their empire.
What is religious tolerance?
The earliest known form of writing developed by the Sumerians (in Mesopotamia).
What is cuneiform?
The name for the moon-shaped land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Had predictable flooding and used dams for irrigation.
What is Egypt/Ancient Egypt?
The Arabian Peninsula's most-prolific resource.
What is oil?
The Egyptian god of the sun who was also thought to give pharaohs the right to rule.
Who is Ra?
The word for "belief in one god."
What is monotheism?
These act as natural protection from invasion in Egypt.
What are deserts, mountains, and seas? (any work)
Had unpredictable flooding and used canals for irrigation.
What is Mesopotamia/Fertile Crescent?
This word means "land between two rivers" in Greek.
What is Mesopotamia?
One of the only female Egyptian rulers who expanded the economy through trade.
Who is Hatshepsut?
The name of the land that is being fought over by the Jewish and the Muslim.
What is Israel/Palestine?