Ancient World | Egypt | Mesopotamia | Religion | Middle East |
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What is Hunting and Gathering
Before the Neolithic Revolution this was how people obtained their food
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What is Pyramids
These structures have four sloping walls that meet at a tip and are built out of bricks and covered with a limestone outside.
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What is fertile crescent
This area is where many consider civilization to have began
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What is Polytheistic
People who believe in many Gods are
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What is Crossroads of the world
The Middle East is often called the
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What is Sedentary
Once people were able to stay in one location they became known as
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What is Pharaoh
An Egyptian ruler, also considered a God
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What is The wheel
This Mesopotamian invention plays a large part in how we get around today. Don't let one go flat
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What is Isis
In Egypt they used this Goddess to describe the flooding of the Nile
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What is Political boundaries
The Middle East has this type of boundaries separating countries
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What is an Oral tradition
A valued story or song that is passed down from generation to generation
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What is Equal Rights
What rights did ancient Egyptian women have
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What is Domestication
The process of taming animals or plants for human use or consumption
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What is Hajj
In Islam making pilgrimage to Mecca is called
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What is the Suez Canal
This is known as one of the most important waterways in the world
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What is an Archaeologist
This person looks at ancient artifacts and uses them to try to piece together what a place or things was
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Who is Osiris
This God is often depicted as being green or blue
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What is Tigris and Euphrates
If it were not for these two rivers the civilizations that began in Mesopotamia would not have been possible
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What is Jesus death and resurrection
This is a fundamental belief in Christianity
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What is Egypt
Fighting took place in this country during WWII between European and European
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What is the Neolithic Revolution
A metal discovered during this time that changed how weapons were made as well as tools. May have heard it called a miracle metal.
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Who is Ramses II
This pharaoh built four massive statues of himself facing south toward Sudan
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What is Hammurabi Code
This was one of the first written laws that have been found
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What is the Wailing Wall
Jews believe this place in Israel is Holy and go to pray it. For Jews going to pray here is the same as Muslims making pilgrimage to Mecca
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What is the Ottoman Empire
This empire was one of the longest running and most powerful empires in the Middle East,beginning around the 1600s and ending after WWI
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