Unit 1: Early Civilizations
ancient egyptian history is divided into ______ major periods.
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the egyptians believed that the sun was protected by the god
Ra
First domesticated animal
dog
what was the major impact of the hyksos conquest and rule on egyptian history?
it prompted the rulers of egypts new kingdom to create an empire
most historians and egyptologists believe the sphinx's purpose was to...
protect the dead in giza from evil spirits
early egyptian pharaohs ruled and derived their authority from the
the principle of ma'at
All of the following are believed to be developments of the paleolithic age except
the regular production of food through agriculture
prehistory is normally thought of as that period before the invention of
writing
Why was Egypt more politically stable, confident, and self-sufficient than Mesopotamia?
egypts geography left it isolated and protected from frequent turmoil
egypts old kingdom ended for all of the following reasons except a. foreign invasion b.a drought caused by low levels of the nile c.a decline in rainfall d. economic troubles e. inability for Pharaoh to reinstitute the floods
foreign invasion
Neolithic farmers in the near east devoted themselves primarily to the cultivation of what types of crops?
grains
The Epic of Gilgamesh teaches that
human life is difficult and immortality is only for the gods
The ancient city of Catal Huyuk was
neolithic intermediate symbolization in modern turkey with substantial health
the early neolithic revolution saw all of the following technical developments except the
political equality for genders
akhenaten wanted egyptians to focus solely on the worship of which deity?
Aten
mesopotamia was at the mercy of its
Great Rivers
The cave in southern france, discovered in 1994, and that contains three hundred paintings of animals is known as the _________ cave.
Chauvet
The original Egyptian script is called
Hieroglyphics
The largest and so called "great pyramids' of egypt was named for the king it was built for. Who is it?
Khufu
the most celebrated document to survive from the reign of hammurabi is his famous
Law Code
which of the following egyptian gods was most clearly associated with the mummification of the dead?
Osiris
which of these would be characterized as the closest to gender equality during its time period
Paleolithic era
the physical environment of the mesopotamians is generally led to
a pessemistic outlook with an emphasis on satisfying their angry gods
the neolithic period connotes the move to what kind of society
agricultural
the nile river provided ancient egyptians with
an excellent artery of transportation
the mesopotamian government
came to view their gods as absolute representitives of their gods
what were the first and second great inventions of southern mesopotamia?
cities and writing
The Egyptian pyramids were
concieved and built as tombs for a city of the dead
ancient mesopotamia written language is known as
cuneiform
punishments for crimes under the code of hammurabi
was more severe for the lower classes