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What are these both examples of?
Statue of Demedji and Hennutsen, Old Kingdom Egyptian
Portrait of Mrs. Agosta and her husband 21st century, American
What is this and what is its’ importance to Egyptologists?
The Rosetta Stone
• It has the same thing written in three different writing systems: hieroglyphics, demotic (Egyptian writing that was easier than hieroglyphics), and Greek.
• It allowed archeologists to decipher (figure out) hieroglyphics by using the other languages there.
What is the title of the epic story
about a Sumerian king who goes on
many adventures?
The Epic of Gilgamesh
What main feature did the Fertile Crescent and Egypt have in
common?
They both were
located along river
valleys.
What are two memorable
accomplishments of the Phoenicians?
They were known for:
1. their seafaring skills2. their ship building
3. spreading Mesopotamian culture around the Mediterranean Sea
4. INVENTING THE ALPHABET
What is irrigation?
Bringing water from a river to farmland using ditches
or pipes.
The time period in which there was no civilization, no writing, people were nomadic, and farming had
not occurred yet was called __________________________.
The Old Stone Age or Paleolithic Age
What civilization built this?
Which group of people invented this?
Which ancient civilization developed these?
How was ancient Sumer organized?
There were exceptions to this rule from the Hammurabi Code
in ancient Babylon:
“An eye for an eye”
If you hurt someone from a lower social class, the
punishment was not as harsh.
What was Assurbanipal known for as king of the
Assyrians?
He built the city of Nineveh into an impressive capital with the first library, beautiful palaces and
gardens
Culture is sometimes referred to as “a blueprint for living.”
What do you think that means?
Culture is a person’s total way of life including how they eat, dress, behave and
speak.
It is like a blueprint because a blueprint is the general design for something like
culture is a general design for your life.