Mesopotamia and Egypt

Old kingdom

They had a lot of beds and bathrooms

In 31 BC, Egypt was annexed by the Romans and disappeared as a civilization

What were the first historical civilizations with a knowledge of writing?

Life in Egypt is possible thanks to

_______ Mesopotamia was located in the south

Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians and Persians were the first empires

What is it?

Egyptian society was divided into various social groups

The Persians conquered all the lands of Mesopotamia and in 539 BC formed them into an extensive empire

There was a hole in the roof to ventilate the house

The main crops were

Irrigation-based agriculture: the land belonged to the palace or temple and it was leased to the peasants

Dwelling sizes and furnishings depended on the social status of the owners

Most statues and reliefs were produced in clay

Writing was the main cultural contribution of Mesopotamian society

Mesopotamian we’re located...

A hieroglyphic script was used for drawing figures and writing inscriptions

In the new kingdom mastabas and pyramids were built

In the Sumerian period, each city-state was ruled by an ______ or prince-priest who held full civic and ______ authority

Egyptian people were monotheistic

The Babylonians established themselves between the ______ and ______ territories

Stonemasons, carpenters, potters, weavers, etc. were other forms of work

________ and ________ were used for trade

Sumerians created the astrology

Middle Kingdom

Ptolemaic kingdom

What is it?

The capital city of the Akkadians was

Egyptian houses were built of adobe made with clay from the Nile

They drew up official documents on papyrus

The roof of the houses were made of stone

Each city-state consisted of a city and surrounding territories with an independent economy and political system

Political power emerged from the need to...

New kingdom

In _____ BC, the king ____ unified the territories of UPPER and LOWER Egypt and began the history of this civilization

The inhabitants of Mesopotamia were polytheist, which means they believed in one god

Writing was used in Egypt from 1000 BC

Whose clothes are these?

These civilization grew up along the...

Around ______ BC Sumerians established themselves in Lower Mesopotamia

Society in Mesopotamia was organized in:

The Earth’s first states and empires were formed by these river civilizations

What is it?

Cuneiform writing was done on soft wax tablets

Palaces were an Akkadian creation that was later continued by Assyrians and Persians

The Egyptian leader used the title of

Egyptian were located...

Whose clothes are these??

What is it?

Temples were the tombs of a specific god

People worshipped in the temples, which were considered to be the houses of the gods on the Earth

Lower Mesopotamia was occupied by

The agricultural land was the servants property

Kings, priests and military leaders were the majority of the population

Livestock farming was very important

Egyptian houses had a lot of windows

Commercial exchange grew

Irrigation-based agriculture enabled an increase in production, a rise in population and the birth of cities

_____ were a Sumerian creation and included in their grounds a ziggurat or stepped tower

The pharaoh was worshipped so that the Nile’s annual floods and social order would be maintained

The economy of these first civilizations continued to be essentially HUNTING

Sculpture was used to produce statues of slaves

Settlements grew and became INDEPENDENT CITIES ruled by

Painting was used to decorate the interior walls of the temples

Tombs evolves over a long period of time

Upper Mesopotamia or _______ was located in the north

Power was held by

The Egyptians believed in life after death, and death was viewed with optimism

During New Kingdom they preferred to be buried in hypogea

What is it?

The Code of Hammurabi was not written using cuneiform writing

The Neolithic populations located in the Nile valley learnt to control the annual flooding of the river