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T Review Ancient Near East

Use this to study for your test on the Fertile Crescent and Egypt. Make sure you study your maps of Egypt and Mesopotamia. You will also need to be able to identify pictures of the Sphinx, Great Pyramid at Giza, and Stonehenge.

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Landmark with the head of a man and the body of a lionSphinx
Landmark which were burial places of the pharaohsGreat Pyramid at Giza
Nebuchadnezzar built this to cure his wife's homesicknessHanging Gardens of Babylon
Hammurabi's greatest accomplishmentwritten code of law
first advanced civilizationSumeria
Holy book of the Hebrews which includes their written records and beliefsTorah
Accomplishments of the PhoeniciansExpert sailors, traders, and developed the alphabet
Why trade routes through the Middle East were important3 continents came together
Why Hammurabi created his law codeto unify the lands he controlled
First metals used for toolsbronze and iron
King Menes principal achievementunited Upper and Lower Egypt
The holy city of JudaismJerusalem
Names of Egyptian gods/goddessesHorus, Isis, Osiris
this has symbols representing soundsalphabet
Polytheistic civilizationsSumerians, Egyptians, Babylonians
4 river valleys where civilizations firs developedNile, Tigris/Euphrates, Indus, Huang He
They wrote cuneiformSumerians
They wrote hieroglyphicsEgyptians
3 contributions of HebrewsTen Commandments, Torah, monotheism
Hereditary rulers of river valleysKings, pharaohs
A system by which goods and services are produced and distributed to meet people's needsEconomy
Why river valleys were "Cradles of Civilization"where first civilizations developed
Abraham's monotheism is the basis of these 3 religionsJudaism, christianity, Islam
Why pyramids were builtas tombs for pharaohs
By law, what did Egyptian women havemore rights than any other women in river valleys
a family of rulersdynasty
River valley civilizations had these 3 characteristicskings/pharaohs were leaders, slavery accepted, rigid class structure
Religious beliefs of Amenhotep IVworshipped a single deity, Aton
What Mesopotamia meansland between the rivers
Wedge shaped writing developed by the SumeriansCuneiform
When Hebrews were enslaved and taken to BabylonExile
these caused a surplus of food in river valleysbetter tools, plow, irrigation
Civilizations in the Fertile CrescentHebrews, Phoenicians, Sumerians
When communities of Jews were forced to live outside of PalestineDiaspora
Specialization of laborwhen people perform specific jobs according to their skills
Traits of advanced civilizationsarts and sciences, written languages, organized government
A person who wrote government and religious recordsScribe
This led to the translation of hieroglyphicsRosetta Stone
Plant used to make boats, paper, sandalsPapyrus
What did Egyptian farmers depend on to irrigate their cropsyearly flooding of Nile
First woman to rule Egypt as pharaohHatshepsut
Only the Hebrews believed in thisone God
pharaohgod king ruler of Egypt
Who led the Israelites out of Egypt?Moses
Where did the word paper come from?Egypt, papyrus
Why did specialization of labor occur?farmers produced a surplus of food
moral and religious code of conduct Hebrews had to followTen Commandments
How was government set up in early civilizationsgovernment and religion were connected
WD-- CITY-STATEAN INDEPENDENT STATE CONSISTING OF A CITY AND THE SURROUNDING LAND AND VILLAGES
WD-- MONOTHEISMBELIEF IN ONE GOD
WD-- POLYTHEISMBELIEF IN MANY GODS
theocracygovernment that combines political and religious leadership
archaeological site in England begun in the Neolithic Age and completed in the Bronze agestonehenge


World History and Geography I teacher
Deep Run High School
Glen Allen, VA

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