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egyptian history is divided into three major periods known as |
old kingdom middle kingdom new kingdom |
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Hammurabi is remembered for |
development of the code of hammurabi |
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the development of Egyptian civilization was influenced by |
the nile river |
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the first empire in world history |
sumerians |
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the history of Egypt begins in 3100 bc when |
narmer led army north into delta of lower egypt and united the country |
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the invention of cuneiform is credited to |
sumerians |
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the Mesopotamian religion can be described as |
polytheistic |
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upper and lower egypt were united into one single kingdom around 3100 bc by |
narmer |
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most famous piece of Mesopotamian literature is |
epic of gilgamesh |
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in Sumerian city the temple is called |
ziggurat |
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in egypt the sun god is called |
re |
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the land between the tigris and Euphrates river is |
mesopotamia |
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the longest river in the world |
nile |
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pharaoh who introduced worship of a single god aton god of sun disk |
akhenaten |
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complex writing system made up of pictures and form (sacred writings) |
hieroglyphics |
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pharaoh who restored worship of the old gods in the new kingdom |
king tut |
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Egyptian monarchs title (great house) |
pharaoh |
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collection of laws devised in ancient babylon |
code of hammurabi |
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made farming in ancient Mesopotamia possible |
flooding of rivers into canals to water crops |
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sumerian writing system |
cuneiform |
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rich soil between mediterranean sea and persian gulf |
fertile crescent |
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list some things asoka did |
set up hospitals planted trees set up shelters for weary travelers began trade |
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china traditionally dated back to |
xia 2070bc shang 1750bc |
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who were the sumerians |
nomads who traveled across hindu kush mountains to india’s plains |
