Arch 1301 - People/Places/Groups

Question 1

Tigris & Euphrates

Answer 1

AKA Mesopotamia – it is the Greek word defined as the “the land between 2 rivers.” -

Question 2

Imhotep

Answer 2

architect to the 3rd-Dynasty pharaoh Djoser (2630-2611 BC) credited for designing the first pyramid for Djoserr’s funerary complex at Saqqara

Question 3

Khufu

Answer 3

4th dynasty - Largest pyramid @ Giza -(brother Heniunu was his architect, priest) has great gallery

Question 4

Khafre

Answer 4

4th dynasty - second pyramid @ Giza - Khufu’s son

Question 5

Menkaure

Answer 5

3rd pyramid @ Giza, smallest, rushed construction, probably after death

Question 6

Mesopotamia

Answer 6

the area between the Tigris and Euphrates cultures were Sumerian, Assyrian, Persian

Question 7

Sumerians

Answer 7

credited with forming the first civilization – 4000-2500BC – Develop written language – end “prehistoric” phase. The epic of Gilgamesh

Question 8

Assyrians

Answer 8

Symbol – winged bull with human head as seen at the Palace of Kohrsabad

Question 9

Myceneans

Question 10

Minoans

Question 11

Amneophis

Answer 11

Amenhotep III, son of Thutmose IV – Luxor – most surviving statues of any pharaoh