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early civilization
History river civilizations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The land between the rivers | Mesopotamia |
| A large area of rich, or fertile farmland | Fertile Crescent |
| A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks | Silt |
| Wraping of specially treated bodies in cloth | mummification |
| Long lasting paper like material made of reeds | Papyrus |
| Huge stone tombs with 4 triangle shaped sides that meet in a point at the top | Pyramid |
| Physical features that provided natural protection for Acient Egypt | Nile River, Medditerranean Sea, Red Sea, western desert, and Eastern desert |
| A huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics | Rosetta Stone |
| Some Inventions and Contributions from the Sumerians were? | The wheel, clander, medicine, Sail boats, # system based on 60, cuneiform, and clocks |
| Some Inventions and Contributions from the Hittites were? | Iron working, Chariots, and stronger weapons |
| Some Inventions and Contributions from the Assyrians were? | Battering Rams, Iron weapons, Boats for soldiers, Chariots, taxes, and laws |
| Some Inventions and Contributions from the Chaldeans were? | Astrnomy, clander, Geometry, Hanging gardens, Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
| What did did Sumerians and Egyptians have in common? | A form of writing |
| Some Inventions and Contributions from the Egyptians were? | Papyrus, ink, math, # system based on 10,medical doctors,and medical procedures |
| who was the first known person to created the code of law? | Sargon created the first known law code then came Hammurabi |
| what did knig Menes do? | Unified lower and upper egypt |
| Old kingdom | Egypt was unified into One kingdom, Pyramids were built, Developed embalming process |
| Middle kingdom | Pharoahs had less power then gods, Tombs built into the side of the cliff called valley of the kings |
| New kingdom | Egypt expanded empire with conquest, increase of trade |
| What does the shape of the Pyramid mean? | Life |