Egyptian Religion
Mesopotamian Religion
Paleolithic
Neolithic Revolution
Civilized Designs
100
By enabling the soul to assume temporarily any form it desired for the purpose of revisiting the earth or for its own enjoyment, this term characterized the soul of a deceased person as an effective entity in the next world.
What is the akh?
100
This creation myth informed Mesopotamians that life began after an epic struggle between the elder gods and the younger.
What is the Enuma Elish?
100
This term refers to man's oldest artistic ventures - expressions that lacked real world references to tangible things
What is non-representational ornamentation?
100
This beverage directly resulted from the agricultural revolution? - Liquid bread
What is beer?
100
Ziggurat in Mesopotamia
200
In ancient Egypt, this term appears in bird form, thus expressing the mobility of the soul after death
What is Ba?
200
These were at the center of every Mesopotamian town
What are temples?
200
The world's oldest known art were made on this animal's body part.
What are snail shells?
200
This Neolithic practice was important because it is offers good evidence for religious practice, a perpetual inspiration for the fine arts.
What are plastered skulls?
200
What are mastabas in Egypt?
300
This refers to the realm of the dead in ancient Egyptian mythology
What is duat?
300
These people were assigned the task of interpreting and understanding the messages from the gods in earthly contexts.
Who were Diviners?
300
The world's oldest representational art were discovered in these locations throughout the world
What are caves?
300
This invention allowed for storage in Neolithic cities
What is pottery?
300
Stonehenge in England
400
This was the Egyptian god of the sun
Who was Ra?
400
He was was consulted to see if perhaps one had offended the spirits of the dead in some way.
Who is the necromancer?
400
This term refers to the process used to make paleolithic tools
What is grinding?
400
Dating to approximately 3000 B.C.E. and set on Salisbury Plain in England, it is a structure larger and more complex than anything built before it in Europe.
What is Stonehenge?
400
Sarcophagus in Egypt
500
He was the ruler of the dead in ancient Egypt
Who was Osiris?
500
This story showed the futility of man's quest for immortality
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
500
this refers to how Paleolithic set up their habitations
What is nomadic?
500
This technique allowed Neolithic people to communicate very limiting information
What is proto-writing?
500
The Sphinx in Egypt