Early Civilization, Egypt, Mesopotamia

Which rivers are in Mesopotamia

How were Egyptian and Mesopotamian social institutions similar?

The following are Sumerian technical advances:

Where are the eight characteristics of a civilization?

Egypt greatly needed wood.

Why did Egyptian and Mesopotamian fathers want their sons to become scribes?

Similarities between the early farming settlements are farming, tools, decorative items, advanced cultures.

How do archaeologists learn about the past?

The limited amount of land in Sumer caused the city-states to fight each other.

What were the roles of men and women in Sumer?

Papyrus last longer than stone tablets.

Mesopotamia means between valleys.

Why was the Fertile Crescent called the fertile crescent?

Where did the first civilization begin?

The Egyptians developed cuneiform.

What were the four River Valley Civilizations?

AD means Anno Domini.

During which period in ancient Egyptian history were the pyramids built?

Ancient Egyptians believed that the pharaoh should be elected.

The Egyptians invented papyrus.

Why did ancient Egyptians practice mummification?

Where was Upper Egypt located?

The unifications of Egypt and Mesopotamia were similar because they were united through peaceful treaties.

What is the difference between primary and secondary sources?

The Sumerians developed hieroglyphics.

Which social class allowed a person to move up the scale?

BC means Before Christ.

Which geographical feature was vital to early civilizations?

Pyramids tell us that Egyptians believed in the afterlife, believed that pharaohs were gods and were skilled craftsmen.

Which Mesopotamian ruler unified the region?

What was the main consequence of the annual flooding of the Nile River?

Where was Cheops' tomb located?

Ziggurats were Mesopotamian temples.