midterm Flashcards
why did cavemen draw on walls
they tried to summon creatures like magic
how long ago did king menes rule
he ruled over Egypt 5100 years ago
what were the rulers of ancient Egypt called
pharaohs
what is the ancient Egyptian writing system called?
Hieroglyphs
To the Egyptians everything old was what?
To the Egyptians everything old was sacred
what was a tomb intended to be?
A tomb was intended to be a dwelling for the soul when it returned to the body
What was combined to write osiris
A throne and an eye
What were the languages found on the rosetta stone
Ancient greek, Egyptian Hieroglphs, and another Egyptian dialect
What did the Ancient Egyptians use to write
They used long strips of papyrus
What river did the Egyptians worship?
They worshipped the Nile
Who was the ancient Egyptian sun god?
Amon
Who was the god of the kingdom of dead
Anubis
What are the tall pointed granite
Obelisks
How did the Ancient Egyptians stop bodies from decaying
They bandaged them with long strips of papyrus so that they wouldn’t decay
How long did the neanderthals inhabit the earth
They inhabited the earth for about two hundred thousand years
How long did the neanderthals appear before our ancestors
They appeared seventy thousand years before our ancestors
What were the winters and summers like during the stone age
Winters were longer and summers shorter
who invented talking
cavemen
how long did the ice age last
Many tens of thousands of years
Mesopotamia resided between which two rivers?
The Tigris and the Euphrates
The name Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
It is greek for the land between the rivers
Where was the Jewish Civilization located in ancient times?
“Between Egypt and Mesopotamia there is a land of deep valleys and rich pastures.”
The Jewish people were first conquered and ruled by the __________, and then the __________ would invade.
the Egyptians, and then the Babylonians would invade.”
What is a “monotheistic herdsman”?
Some one who believes there is only one god
