Vocab 1
"land between the rivers"
Mesopotamia
First writing system, created by the Sumerians
Cuneiform
Ancient Mesopotamia was a very unique civilization located in ___________ Crescent.
Fertile
Egypt is located on which continent?
Africa
Where did the first civilizations arise because of farming conditions?
River valleys
A set of official laws
Code
Egyptian writing system uses pictures to represent objects and ideas
Hieroglyphics
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow into which larger body of water?
Persian Gulf
Where did most cities in Egypt develop?
Along the Nile River
Which geographical feature allowed early civilizations in Egypt and Mesopotamia to develop?
Rivers
A belief in more than one god
Polytheism
The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying
Embalming
The few Sumerians who knew how to read and write often held high positions in society as what?
Scribes
Why did ancient Egyptians preserve the bodies of their dead?
They believed in the afterlife
What does a hieroglyphic writing system use instead of alphabetic letters?
Drawings/symbols
A group of merchants traveling together
Caravans
Fan-shaped area of fertile land where the Nile River meets the Mediterranean Sea
Delta
A temple in Mesopotamia
Ziggurat
Which Egyptian ruler united Lower and Upper Egypt?
Menes
What is Ms.Pitasi's favorite food?
Mashed potatoes
An independent nation made up on a city and the land around it
City-state
A line of rulers from one family
Dynasty
What two factors help Mesopotamia land to be good for growing crops?
What was the main reason the Middle Kingdom ended?
The Hyksos, warriors from Western Asia, conquered Egypt
Which best describes the type of government in Egypt after 3100 B.C.?
Dynasty