Egypt and Mesopotamia Review

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

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

God of the living pharaoh, the sky god.

In Egyptian religion, this was the Sun God. 

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

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

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

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

Period of Egyptian history from 2700 BC - 2200 BC; Pyramids of Giza were made.

This body of Water separates Europe and Africa.

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

Ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with Aten, the sun god.

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

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

Number 8 on the map is...

The city states of Mesopotamia are in this modern country.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pharaoh is to Egypt as Hammurabi is to...

Period in Ancient Egypt (1550 BC-1100 BC) characterized by strong pharaohs who expanded Egypt.

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

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

City state in Ancient Mesopotamia, the home of Abraham.

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

Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead.

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

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