Geography
River that flows North
What is the Nile
Our alphabet started with this civilization
Who are the Phoenicians
"great lord of the gods"
Amon-Ra
Built pyramids as tombs/cemeteries
Who were the Egyptians
How Egyptians preserved dead bodies
mummification
Land between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers
What is Mesopotamia
Egyptian forms of writing
What is hieroglyphics
Belief in one god
monotheism
This person first codified his laws in Mesopotamia
social system of ranking groups
hierarchy
Area known for growing lots of wheat
What is the Fertile Cresent
The ancient Sumerians invented this form of writing
What is cuneiform
Name of Egyptian god of the underworld
Osiris
Promoted tolerance in his empire.
Who was Darius I of Persia
territory settled and ruled by people from another land
Colony
Waterfall
What is cataract
What is the difference between cuneiform and the Phoenicians alphabet?
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First 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
What is the Torah
Egyptian ruler who tried to convert the people to follow one god
Who was Akhenaton
men are head of household and rule society
what is patricarchy