Chapter 2

This area/region is the birth of Egyptian Civilization, allowed them to go from humble beginnings to a lasting empire

This geographical feature is the main reason Egypt flourished.

Wedge-shaped system of writing created by Sumerians that goes as far back as 3,000 B.C.

This civilization was located in western Asia, threatened Egyptian power and were the FIRST to use Iron weapons

Regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature

Their tomb was discovered in 1922, first tomb to be discovered completely untouched, totaling over 2,000 pieces

This style of government is like an Egyptisn Pharaoh, who believes they were either a god or godlike

Egyptian Kingdom, 2040 B.C. - 1640 B.C. Rulers were from Nabia, expanded but were beat by Hyksos, Amun-Ra is now sun god

What happened in that made Egypt in 3100 B.C.

What was the process of preserving the dead in order to allow 'ka' to return to the body after death

The Persians did not want a standing army for it would cost too much and wouldn't allow them to reach empire goals

The Egyptian Empire fell due to

Who conquered the Persian Empire in 334 B.C.

Hieroglyphics were used for more formal writing occasions

Indo-European, rose after defeating Assyrian Empire. Rulers: Darius, Cyrus. Grew over 3 continents, largest empire ever.

Egyptians are responsible for the 365 calendar and the 24 hour day

Egyptian Kingdom, 2649 B.C. - 2153 B.C. Construction of pyramids, divine kingship, literate population, quite wealthy

Area of land inbetween the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

They are said to be the first Mesopotamian civilization.

They used 22 signs to represent their speech and were a well traveled people reaching Britain, Carthage and West Africa

Egyptian women had more rights than nieghboring civilizations, owning property, running business, and divorce settlments

Cyrus the Great was a Persian ruler who showed compassion and restraint. Freed the Jewish people from Babylonia

Sumerian temple, most important building in the city

Osiris is the Egyptian sun god

The battle between Osiris and his brother Seth helped create the idea of life after death

Which of these is NOT a natural barrier that protected Egypt

Polytheistic is the belief of ONE god

The Persian Empire fell due to

The New Kingdom is responsible for the pyramids and does well at protecting the Pharaohs and their valuables?

From the upper Tigris River, used terror as an instrument of war and had the first large armies to use iron weapons

These semitic-speaking people influenced Christianity and Islam. After being freed from Egypt they became a new kingdom.

This man conquered both Sumer and Akkad, he later created laws focusing on "Strict Justice"

Egyptian culture believed that "death is only the beginning."

Fertile are in Mesopotamia, is a semi-circle area of land, Sumerian, Assyrian and Hebrew civilizations flourished

One of the first female Pharaohs. Dressed as a man to cement her authority. Expanded empire via trade.

This Pharaoh was the last that Egypt ever had and her involvment with Rome led to her suicide and surrender to Rome

Ramses II (Ramses the Great) was a boy-pharaoh, son of AKhenaten who restored the worship o fthe old gods?

This Sumerian city-state is known to have spoken a Semitic language and is also thought to be the world's first empire

Egyptian history can be broken into three periods

Egyptian Kingdom. 1550 B.C. - 1070 B.C. Pharaohs buried in Valley of Kings, Tut, Hatshepsut, Ramses II ruled