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ancient mesopotamia & Egypt
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- 1what does Mesopotamia mean?Land between rivers
- 2where was the first civilization ?Mesopotamia
present day Iraq and Syria - 3What is the region in the middle east which curves like a quarter moon?The Fertile Crescent
- 4Belief in many godsPolytheistic
- 5what is the ziggurat?the massive platform that the Sumerians built their religious temples on
- 6what kind of government is a god thought to be the ruler of?A Theocracy
- 7What was the first writing system developed by the sumerians ? (hint: wedge -shape writing)Cuneiform
- 8what was the first written laws; given to the people of Ancient Babylon by King HammurabiHammurabi's Law Code
- 9What is Patriarchal?a society dominated by men
- 10What is the longest river in the world ? (hint: it runs through Egypt)Nile River
- 11What is Inundation?The annual flooding of the Nile River
- 12What is the mud left behind from the flooding of a river? (it is good for fertilizer)Silt
- 13Who was King Menes?King who united Lower and Upper Egypt around 3100BC
- 14What does dynasty mean ?"Great house of" (a family of rulers)
- 15What was the name for the Egypt kingPharaoh
- 16What is "ka"?The life force that leaves the physical body but is stuck in its mummy or small statue
- 17What is "Ba"?the part of the soul that embarks on a journey to follow the gods
(Symbol is often shown as a bird with a human head)
- 18What is mummification?The Egyptian belief to preserve the human body
(The process could last up to 70 days) - 19What are canopic jars?containers used to hold eternal organs of the deceased.
- 20What is a sarcophagus?The outer layer of protection for a royal mummy, with several layers of coffins in it.
- 21Who was King Khufu?The pharaoh responsible for the great pyramid at Giza
- 22What is the only monument of the 7 ancient wonders of the world to survive?The Great Pyramid
(largest of the 3 pyramids) - 23What is KIng Khufu's boat?The boat that was found under the Great Pyramid that would ferry King Khufu spirit across the sky to be with Ra the sun god.
- 24What is the Great Sphinx?One of the largest and oldest statues in the world. Also believed to be made in the likeness of King Khafra
- 25What is the Egyptian picture writing?Hieroglyphics.
- 26What is the Rosetta Stone?A stone with two written languages
(Egyptian and Greek) - 27Who invade Egypt and Ruled for 200 years?The Hyksos
- 28Who is Hatshepsut?The first great woman ruler of egypt .
- 29Who rejected the traditional religion in favor of worshiping the Aten or sun disc (hint: he named it after himself)Akhenaten
- 30Who was the 17 year old pharaoh whose tomb survived untouched by grave robbers?King Tut
(Tutankhamen) - 31What did Ramses II do ?He reigned over Egypt for 67 years, fathered 100 children ,defeated the Hittites, and declared himself a living god.
- 32What is papyrus?The reed like plant that grows on the nile river that the Egyptians used to write on .
- 33What do you call the spread of ideas from one culture to another culture?Cultural diffusion
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- this is flash cards based off of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
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