Chapter 2: The Ancient Middle East & Egypt

Question 1

Fertile Crescent

Answer 1

Fertile Land what is to the Persian Gulf to the mediterranean sea

Question 2

Mesopotamia

Answer 2

“Land between rivers”

Question 3

Sumer

Answer 3

Built many cities with clay and water, earliest cities are UR and URK

Question 4

Hierarchy

Answer 4

System of ranking social classes

Question 5

Prophets

Answer 5

People who say the word of God

Question 6

10 Commandments

Answer 6

What God gave Moses to give to the Israelites, which are rules to follow.

Question 7

Amon-Ra

Answer 7

Chief god/ Sun god, only pharaohs could conduct rituals to him

Question 8

Osiris

Answer 8

God of Nile, Death, and After life

Question 9

Isis

Answer 9

God of death and afterlife

Question 10

Anubis

Answer 10

God of mummification and embalming, guard of the afterlife who determined everyone’s fate

Question 11

Hepshetsut

Answer 11

Reigned in 1477 BC- 1572 BC, first women pharaoh, ruled for 20 years

Question 12

Ramses II

Answer 12

Reigned 1279-1213 BC expanded through military conquest, and signed a peace treaty with the Hittites.

Question 13

Akkadians

Answer 13

2300 Bc- Sargon conquered city-states of Sumer and created the Akkadians empire, the First multicultural Empire.

Question 14

Babylonians

Answer 14

located in present-day Iraq. 1790 Hammurabi unified most of Mesopotamia under his control.

Question 15

Assyrains

Answer 15

Settled in the fertile crescent in 2000 BC. Expanded in 1100 Bc and was the first to use bronze weapons.

Question 16

New Babylonians

Answer 16

612 C neighbors of a Assyrian Empire joined to defeat it together. Advances in Astronomy and Astrology.

Question 17

Persians

Answer 17

529 Cyrus the great took over the Babylons and spanned over modern-day Turkey Iran Egypt Afghanistan and Pakistan.