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This city is believed to be the oldest city in the world
What is Uruk?
Religious beliefs of Mesopotamian cultures were influenced by
What is Geography?
Recognized as the height of ancient Egyptian civilization, cultural growth, and territorial expansion
What is the New Kingdom?
A god who ruled Egypt in the past and was killed by his brother
Who is Osiris?
A person who writes documents for a living
What is a scribe?
Sumerian cities were called
What are city-states?
A belief in more than one god is called?
What is polytheism?
The first city-state in ancient Sumer
What is Uruk?
This person united city-states in the north and south to form one large kingdom
Who is Sargon the Great?
Stone coffin often decorated with valuable carvings or sculptures
What is a sarcophagus?
The longest river in the world
What is the Nile River?
What was one difference the Egyptians believed about their gods that the Mesopotamians did not?
What is the belief that their gods loved and blessed them?
This person created a system of laws based on justice to maintain order
Who is Hammurabi?
Temples that were built to honor gods and goddesses
What are ziggurats?
A form of government that is led by religious leaders
What is a theocracy?
He started the first Egyptian dynasty
Who is Narmer?
What is a patriarchal society?
What is a society led by male figures?
One of the earliest civilizations in human history, meaning”land between rivers”
What is Mesopotamia?
The place where the soul ends up if it survives the journey to the afterlife
What is the Field of Reeds?
A series of rulers from the same family
What is a dynasty?
The highest ranking people in Egyptian society
Who were rulers?
Many laws in Hammurabi’s Code were based off of?
What is justice?
The most famous tombs from ancient Egypt
What are the Pyramids of Giza?
A person who becomes ruler after the previous ruler dies
What is an heir?
Oldest form of writing
What is Cuneiform?