In this quiz, answer a whole host of questions on the world’s first societies and civilisations, including ancient Egypt. Do you know all there is to know about how humans ruled the land all those years ago?
It practices sedentary agriculture
It involves tool use
It has religious rituals
It has some political structure
It gathers food to survive
The Mediterranean Sea
The Nile River
The Tigris & Euphrates River
The Sinai Peninsula
Nubia
In Lower Egypt, the Nile branched out into a triangular-shaped delta
In Lower Egypt, the Nile flowed between bands of limestone hills.
In Upper Egypt, the Nile branched out into a triangular-shaped delta
Lower Egypt was a more arid environment because of the Eastern desert.
Once the Nile riverbed reaches lower Egypt, it is turned into rapids by a belt of granite
They served as natural barriers
They prevent Egypt from trading with other regions
They force Egypt to rely on local materials for building
The agricultural fields of Central Egypt benefited their economy
Vast city-states developed in Central Egypt
Created the first systems of laws in Egypt
Started a state religion based on the sun god, Re
Conquered the northern rulers to create a unified government.
Ordered the construction of the pyramids at Giza
Removed the Hyksos people from lower Egypt
Along trade routes
Along the Mediterranean coast
In river valleys
In the Americas
Super old, old, young
The Re Kingdom, the Menes Kingdom, and the Tut Kingdom
Osiris, Isis, Axum
The Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom
Nefertiti
Hatshepshut
Cleopatra
Hillary Clinton
Changing the Egyptian calender
Adopting monotheism
Migrating to Europe
Overthrowing the Pharaoh
Assyrians
Babylonians
Phoenicians
Sumerians
Developed along rivers
Used the zigguraut form for their temples
Established trade routes to China
Used a hieroglyphic writing system