| A | B |
|---|
| hunter-gatherers | roamed the coast - found food by hunting, fishing, gather grains,fruits,nuts |
| Hammurabi | emperor of Mesoptamia/Famous for Codes of Hammurabi |
| Fertile Crescent | this region is called this because of its shape and fertile soil |
| Sumerians | first inhabitants of Mesopotamia |
| 3 major challenges facing Mesopotamian city-states | invaders, lack of water, risky trade conditions |
| ziggurat | terraced pyramid in which temples were built on |
| cuneiform | first form of writing developed by the Sumerians |
| scribes | record keepers/letter writers/ historians/story tellers |
| The Epic of Gilgamesh | Sumerian religious saga - Similar to Noah in the Book of Genesis |
| What Ancient Egyptians did to manage the Nile | built canals, strengthened riverbanks |
| writing material of the ancient Egyptians | papyrus |
| writing material of the Sumerians | clay tablets |
| pyramid | a place where Egyptian king planned to spend the afterlife |
| pyramids were made from | large blocks of stone |
| hieroglyphics | a writing system that uses pictographs to stand for words or sounds |
| Every Egyptian family had to help build the pyramid | the way the pharaohs got enough workers to build the pyramids |
| Why was the pharaoh so important to the Egyptians? | They though he was the son of the sun god re an linked to the sky god Horus |
| What were the Pharaoh's official responsibilities? | head of government, chief judge, military commander, chief religious figure |
