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| King who first united Upper and Lower Egypt. |
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| Vizier who wrote a book used in training young officials |
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| Queen of the New Kingdom who declared herself pharaoh |
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| People who invaded Egypt around 1700 b.c. |
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| Why did the Egyptians look forward to the flooding of the Nile? |
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| Flood deposited rich soil on the fields |
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| Why did the Egyptians build the pyramids? |
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| To show wealth and strength |
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| Preservation of the dead through embalming and wrapping the body in linen |
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| A simple form of writing for everyday use. |
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| Reedy plant used for making writing materials |
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| What social class were the majority of Egyptians? |
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| Why is the Rosetta Stone important? |
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| Jean Champollion unlocked the meanings of many hieroglyphic symbols |
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| Tigris and the Euphrates are the boundries of? |
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| sumerians built large -----, which included a shrine for the chief god or goddess |
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| Sumerians invented the earliest form of writing know as |
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| _____ is an example of Sumerian lit. |
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| Sumerians built their cities out of clay brick because |
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| They lacked other building materials |
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| Sumerians believed the afterlife was .... |
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| A good place for those who lived a good life |
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| Each Sumerian city-state ruler was expected to |
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| Lead armies in war and enforce the laws |
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| What is the Fertile Crescent |
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| arc of land the cuves from the Persian Gulf to the eastern Med. Coast |
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| Laws of private rights and matters |
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| Governer who oversaw a province |
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| Exchange of goods and services for other goods or services |
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| Territory settled and ruled by people from a distant land |
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| What did the Hittites bring to Meopotamia? |
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| What are of learning did Nebachadnezzar employ? |
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| The sacred text of the Hebrews |
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| Believing in only one God |
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| Laws the Jews believe God gave to Moses |
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| How did most Jewish laws treat women? |
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| Code of ethics preached by many Jewish prophets |
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| personal morality and justice |
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| Leader that united the Hebrew tribes into a single nation |
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| How did the Jewish view of God differ from the commonly accepted view? |
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| Jews believed in only on God |
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| Conflict caused by economic rivalry between the Myceans and Troy |
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| Great poet who wrote the Iliad |
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| Site of the palace of the Minoan Rulers |
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| Businessman who proved that the Trojan War reall occured |
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| Minoan Civilization was successful because of |
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| Minoan civilization ended because |
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| Mycenaean invaders from the north |
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| Myceans learned the art of ____ from the Minoans |
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| Long hours of drill perfected the ___ method of fighting |
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| A government that is ruled by a powerful elite, usually the business class |
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