World History Chapter 2

The invention of cuneiform is credited to...

The Phoenician power was based on

River floods were important in both Mesopotamia and Egypt because ___.

The first woman to become pharaoh of Egypt was Cleopatra

Basic Political Unit of Sumerian civilization

Mummification is the process of preserving the body for the afterlife.

First female pharoah

The first civilization in world history was the ________ .

Modern historians have divided Egyptian history into three major periods, known as...

Which leader of the Persian Empire extended it to become the largest empire the world had yet seen?

What is the importance of the Phonetician alphabet?

Communication system using horses and stations

Hammurabi is remembered for...

Groups of 20,000 Persian soldiers. When someone died they were immediately replaced

A theocracy is a government in which...

In Ancient Egypt women___.

Around 2340 B.C., Sargon, the leader of the Akkadians...

Hammurabi based his rule on a system of strict justice

In a Sumerian city, the temple was called a ziggurat

Most important piece of Mesopotamian literature

Tried to restore power to Egypt

The Nile River is the longest river in the world.

Farming in Mesopotamia resulted in an abundance of food, which...

The history of Egypt begins around 3100 B.C., when...

Government official that reported to the pharoah

Provinces of the Persian Empire

Male dominated society

The religion of Judaism differed from the other religions of the time in that...

The Hyksos taught the Egyptians how to sail the Mediterranean Sea

Land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers