The 1st Civilizations: Mesopotomia and Egypt

Question 1

Where were the 1st civilizations?

Answer 1

Mesopotamia and Egypt

Question 2

What did they develop?

Answer 2

cities

Question 3

What did they invent?

Answer 3

writing to keep records: cuneiform, hieroglyphs

Question 4

What did they construct?

Answer 4

Monumental buildings to please their gods

Question 5

What did they have that helped to understand problems?

Answer 5

records

Question 6

What happened with them in 1500 BCE?

Answer 6

Creative impulse declined

Question 7

What happened in 1200 BCE?

Answer 7

decline -> power vacuum -> allowed states to emerge

Question 8

Which society emerged and divided into regions?

Answer 8

Israelite people

Question 9

What did religion did Israelite monotheism lead to and from there what religions were led to?

Answer 9

Israelite monotheism

• > Judaism civilization
  • > Judaism
    • > Christianity & Islam

Question 10

What did Mesopotamia contribute to civilization?

Answer 10

• invented the wheel
• plow
• a calendar
• literature (epic of Gilgamesh)

Question 11

What did Egypt contribute to civilization?

Answer 11

• invented paper
• medicine
• clock
• 365 day calendar

Question 12

What is Mesopotamia in our modern day?

Answer 12

Mesopotamia is our modern day Iraq.