Egypt and Mesopotamia Review

Caravans of merchants often traveled by camels

Mesopotamia’s climate was hot and dry

Sumerian kings claimed they received their power from the

What type of land bordered the Nile River in Egypt?

civilizations first developed in Mesopotamia around

Hammurabi ruled the Babylonian Empire?

Which was an ancient writing system that involved cutting wedge-shaped marks into clay?

Something that passes to the children when the parent dies, such as power from a king, is______

The Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh’s body from decomposing was _________

A line of rulers that passes power from father to son is a dynasty

Mesopotamia, the first civilization, was located in what is now the southern part of Iran

Sumerian cities were cut off from ______

One factor that contributed to the success of the Assyrian army was its _________ weapons

Bureaucrats, or elected officials, appointed by the pharaoh