World History Chapter 1 (Mesopotamia)

The foundation for Greek civilization; from the Mediterranean island of Crete

Great Mediterranean Sea seafaring traders of the ancient world, their 22-letter alphabet was the basis for the Roman and Greek alphabets

African kingdom; they ruled Egypt for a brief period

The people of the first great monotheistic faith; their God was more orderly and just than the gods of Mesopotamia

Written language of ancient Egyptians

Written language of Sumerians

Large, mud-brick temples of Sumer/Mesopotamia

Large stone monumental architecture of the Egyptians

The political organization of ancient Sumer in Mesopotamia

The political organization of ancient Egypt throughout the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms

He experimented in monotheism during the New Kingdom; monotheism in Egypt died after him

She was Egypt's only female pharaoh

He's the first clearly identified individual in world history. Made his mark as emperor of the Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia

The God of the Jews

The so-called "first pharaoh," he united lower and upper Egypt

A group of Indo-European invaders from central Asia, they gave both Babylonia and Egypt trouble

A mythical Sumerian king, he was the hero of the first great epic of western literature

The law-giver, a great Babylonian king

The Golden Age of Egypt. A period of expansion outside of Egypt and the building of empire. The Hyksos and Nubians are routed, gold flows from Nubia and series of impressive pharaohs rule

Was a period of relative calm and increasing power among the temple priests, near the end, the Hyksos came calling

Was a period of isolation, happiness, and huge pyramid building