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Egypt and Sumer Learning Centers
Name:
Egypt
Nile River floods every year
natural barriers (desert on both sides,
cataracts (rapids) in the Nile River,
Mediterranean, Red Sea all protect Egypt
from invaders
Sumer
Geography Tigris and Euphrates Rivers form
Mesopotamia (The Land Between Two
Rivers) also called the Fertile Crescent
Both flood unpredictably, sometimes
causing great damage
Mesopotamia is flat and the rivers are
easy to sail up and down making it easy to
invade
Wheat, barley
Crops
Wheat, barley
Sumer, Mediterranean, Nubia
Trade
Mediterranean, Egypt, Indus River Valley
Polytheism (many gods)
Religion
Polytheism (many gods), often
unpredictable, Epic of Gigamesh includes
story of the Flood similar to that found in
Torah, Qur'an and Bible
build ziggurats (step pyramids that are flat
on top)
hieroglyphics
Writing
Cuneiform (world's first system of
writing)
Irrigation canals
Architecture- build pyramids as burial
places for kings and queens
advanced math and engineering
medicine
Technology Irrigation canals (carry water from the
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Famous Sargon the Great- Akkadian who
people or conquered Sumer
time periods Hammurabi- Babylonian who wrote the
Hatshepsut- first queen ruler of Egypt
Queen Ahhotep- drive out the Hyksos
invaders
Menes- first pharoah to unite Upper and
Lower Egypt
Old Kingdom- strong central government
ruled by the pharoahs, Great Pyramids
built
Middle Kingdom- canal built, pharoahs as
rivers to nearby fields)
wheel
lunar calendar, number system based on
60 (where we get our minute and hour
measurements)
laws of Mesopotamia down into the Code
of Hammurabi
leaders
New Kingdom- after Hyksos invasion,
cities build, trade increased, long decline
afterwards