Mesopotamia and Egypt

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

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

In Egyptian religion, this was the Sun God.

On a map of Ancient Egypt this would have been located in the north.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rich soil has this characteristic

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

Pharaoh is to Egypt as Hammurabi is to...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The city states of Mesopotamia are in this modern country.

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

God of the living pharaoh, the sky god.

This body of Water separates Europe and Africa.

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