Global 1 Egypt and Mesopotamia Review

The world's first civilization founded in Mesopotamia, history begins here.

The founder of Judaism was

On a map of Ancient Egypt this would have been located in the north due to lower elevation.

Leader of the Akkadians who overran the Sumerian city-state and set up the first empire

Mythic warrior king from Uruk, his Epic contained a story of a great flood.

A huge stone slab that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing.

A reed that grows along the banks of the Nile used to make a paper-like material.

Poor soil is to barren as rich soil is to...

This body of Water separates Europe and Africa.

The ruler of Ancient Egypt who was considered a living god.

The first female pharaoh of Egypt; stepmother of Thutmose III.

A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake.

Pharaoh is to Egypt as Hammurabi is to...

Fertile land in the Middle East stretching from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates.

Temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped.

Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead.

This is the major river that runs south to north through Egypt.

The northern and easternmost river in Mesopotamia and Iraq (Letter F).

A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

During the period of Egyptian history from 2700 BC - 2200 BC; Pyramids were built as

The Nile flows

Number 3 on the map is...

A river in SW Asia that flows through the southern/western part of the Fertile Crescent, yellow

Judaism was different than most early religions because

Monumental architecture found in Old Kingdom Egypt; used as burial sites for pharaohs.

Ruler of Babylon who is best known for a code of laws.

Egyptians believed in many gods. This is called

In Egypt and Mesopotamia, people trained to write using the earliest forms of writing.

A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.

The city states of Mesopotamia are in this modern country.

The area between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers that is now Iraq.