Rivers
The river in Egypt was called what?
The Nile
What is polytheism?
The belief in many or multiple gods
What is the name of the Mesopotamian writing system where they engraved symbols onto clay tablets?
cuneiform
The ruler of Egypt was called a _____________
pharaoh
The bottom of the Mesopotamian social class was which group:
Farmers, Rules, Scribes, Merchants
Farmers
Name one of the rivers in Mesopotamia
Tigris or Euphrates
Why did the Egyptians mummify their dead and bury them with their possessions?
So they would have them in the afterlife
The Egyptians and Mesopotamians both build large religious structures. What were they called?
(you need both to get the point)
Pyramids and Ziggurats
________________'s Code is the name of the Mesopotamian law code
Hammurabi
The Babylonian Lion is a piece of Mesopotamian artwork that shows the goddess of war, Ishtar, depicted as a lion. What does this show that the Mesopotamians valued?
Religion or war/power
Name BOTH of the rivers in Mesopotamia
Tigris & Euphrates
How did Egyptian religion give their pharaohs power?
They believed the pharaoh was a god so they obeyed what they said
True or False? Only pharaohs and those at the top of the social pyramids were mummified.
False- most Egyptians were mummified
The pharaoh had so much power because people thought they were ___________
gods
True or false? All of Mesopotamia followed the rule of one king.
False. Each city state had their own ruler
Which civilization had predictable river flooding?
Egypt
Why were the Mesopotamian gods so violent?
(Hint: think about the rivers)
The rivers were unpredictable so they needed a way of explaining why. By contrast, the Egyptian gods were less violent because their rivers were predictable
Both Mesopotamia and Egypt found ways to control their rivers through a process called _____________ which is when you bring water from one place to another
irrigation
_______________ were a social class of people who learned how to read and write. They wrote down all official government records
Scribes
The Epic of _______________ was a Mesopotamian story involving gods and rulers.
Gilgamesh
Name one way the rivers flooding was beneficial to the Egyptians & Mesopotamians
The floods enriched the soil with important nutrients to grow crops
The Egyptians believed the pharaohs were a human version of the god, _____________
Horus
The Egyptains invented ___________ which they would eventually write their hieroglyphics on
papyrus
Explain how Hammurabi's Code was unfair to some people.
Different social classes had different punishments for the same crime
Name any Mesopotamian Empire
Akkadian
Assyrian
Babylonian
Chaldean
Neo-Babylonian