Vocabulary
What people roamed the earth, searching for food and sleeping in caves, in tents, or under the open sky
Who are the nomads
Who was the first pharaoh of unified Egypt
Who is King Narmer
Those who don't know history are destined to
What is repeat it
Which river valley was home to the world's most ancient civilizations
What is the Tigris-Euphrates river valley
Egyptian priests of the Old Kingdom developed the first system of writing in Egypt called
What is hieroglyphics
Regions of a kingdom in the Egyptian Old Kingdom was known as
What is nomes
What Pharaoh directed Imhotep to design a grand tomb to be built
Who is King Djoser
What Sumerian epic depicts a hero who traveled the world seeking the secret to eternal life
Who is Gilgamesh
What civilization was located in the Northeastern corner of Africa and bordered the Sahara Desert, except for the land near the Nile River
What is Egypt
What architect designed the world's first pyramid
Who is Imhotep
The early nomads lived before people began to write history down, we call this period
What is prehistory
What pharaoh of the Old Kingdom had the longest reign as King
Who is Pepi II
What is the meaning of the name Mesopotamia
What is the land between two rivers
Northern Egypt is lower and the Nile flows down into it
What is Lower Egypt
What is known as one of the wonders of the world standing at 481 feet
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza
What were the earliest tombs
Who was the king of Babylon who wrote down the world's first law codes
Who is Hammurabi
In ancient Egypt, beer was poured on the dirt floor of a family's home as an offering to what god
Who is Bes
What is the region of the Nile River that branches into seven smaller rivers and flows into the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Delta region
Who is King Khufu's son, Chephren
What is a poem, song, or story about the adventures of a great hero
What is an Epic
Who was a powerful king who unified all of the Sumerian city-states into a single kingdom
Who is King Sargon
Who planted trees around his garden as a barrier to stop wind and dust from striking his garden
Who is Shukallituda
What civilization became the center of advanced civilization
What is the Mesopotamia
What was the system of writing invented by Sumerians merchants
What is cuneiform