Mesopotamis & Egypt Flashcards
The Israelites believed in this unlike other cultures in the ancient world.
A monotheistic God called Yahweh
The difference between a primary and secondary source is what?
A primary source was written or created during the time under study.
What is the best title for the following list: Natural barriers of desert, mountains, and sea; Yearly floods made fertile farmland; Old, middle, and New Kingdoms; Papyrus plants; and 365 day/12 month calendar?
Ancient Egypt
Beyond the Nile cataracts lived who?
Nubians
The border of this river valley civilization is between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Mesopotamia
The merchants traveling on the Nile River had over the rivers of Mesopotamia was what?
The river current took the merchants south, while the wind took them north.
Abraham was the founder; Moses led these people out of Egypt; and Saul, David, and Solomon were kings; describes what ancient civilization?
Hebrew
What was a benefit of rivers like the Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates flooding in ancient times?
The land around the rivers were fertile and capable of supporting farming.
What does the word MESOPOTAMIA mean?
Between 2 rivers
What did the Rosetta Stone allow historians to finally be able to translate?
Hieroglyphics
What is Hammurabi’s Code important?
It helps historians understand the social structure of ancient Mesopotamia.
What are the 2 rivers that surround the Fertile Crescent?
Tigris and Euphrates
How did floods in Mesopotamia make it difficult to farm?
Floods were unpredictable
What technological advantage allowed farmers in Mesopotamia to reroute water to their fields?
Irrigation
Where did peasant farmers lie on the social structure pyramid?
Above captured slaves
The Sumerian Civilization was primarily what religion?
Polytheistic
How did farmers control season floods that occurred in the Fertile Crescent region?
They built dams and channels
What achievement elevated the writing skills of Mesopotamians?
Epic of Gilgamesh
What was Mesopotamia’s first major civilization?
Sumer
What embodied the righteous and moral standards for public interaction and society in Mesopotamia?
Hammurabi’s Code
Who was the first empire builder after Sumer was conquered?
Sargon of Akkad
Define Ziggurat.
A large pyramid-like temple at a city’s center
Built a great temple dedicated to herself at Deir el-Bahri, near Thebes; Sent out expeditions, up the Nile to look for more places to trade; and Official statues sometimes show her clothed and bearded like a king; all describe which leader?
Hatshepsut
This geographical feature is the heart of Egypt’s landscape.
Nile River Valley
