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- In the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent,the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow ______ of the Persian Gulf.
- southeast
- Who was the first group of people in history to form a civilization?
- It was the Sumerians
- What five key characteristics set Sumer apart from earlier human societies?
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1.advanced cities
2.specialized workers
3.complex institutions
4.record keeping
5.advanced technology - Sumer's earliest governments were controlled by what?
- temple priests
- This process of a new idea or a product spreading from one culture to another is called?
- cultural diffusion
- What is it called to belive in more than one God?
- polytheism
- Some of the richest accounts of Mesopotamian myths and legends appear in a long poem called?
- Epic of Gilgamesh
- What did the Sumerians invent?
- The wheel,sail and the plow.
- What was the Sumerians building techniques including the use of what?
- mud,bricks, and mortar
- What is the Sumerians architectural innovations?
- They are arches,columns,ramps,and the pyramid-shaped design
- An______ brings together several peopls,nasions,or previously independent states under the control of one ruler.
- empire
- How long did Sargon's dynasty last?
- 200 years
- How many miles does the Nile River flow northward making it the longest river in the world?
- over 4,100 miles
- Who was the powerful God of the dead?
- Osiris
- What is it called when the Egyptians preserved a dead person's body?
- mummification
- The chariot-riders were the Hyksos witch meant what?
- The rulers of the uplands
- What are the name's of the interior of a pyramid?
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1.King's chamber
2.Air shaft
3.Grand gallery
4.Queen's chamber
5.Ascending passage
6.Escape passage
7.Unfinished chamber's - What was the most important gods that the Egyptians believed in?
- Ra,the sun of god,and Horus,the god of light.
- What was the name of the most important goddess?
- Isis
- Egyptians worshiped more than____ gods and goddess.
- 2,000
- What was the name of the writing system that the Egyptian's used?
- hierogylyphics