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Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt Unit Overview: I Can… …point out the major physical features that led to the development of Mesopotamia and Egypt … detail the features of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that allowed the area of Mesopotamia to thrive. … detail the features of the Nile River that allowed Ancient Egypt to thrive. … describe the development of written language in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. …. explain the religions of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia and their influence on buildings and monuments. Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt Unit Overview: I Can… …point out the major physical features that led to the development of Mesopotamia and Egypt … detail the features of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that allowed the area of Mesopotamia to thrive. … detail the features of the Nile River that allowed Ancient Egypt to thrive. … describe the development of written language in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. …. explain the religions of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia and their influence on buildings and monuments. Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt Vocabulary Ziggurat a type of rectangular temple tower or tiered mound erected by cities in Mesopotamia. Sumerians Silt people from an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent city-states A city that has its own government and controls the surrounding country side, but is not under the control of another government early form of written language used by people of Mesopotamia that is made up of wedge shaped marks A king of ancient Mesopotamia, known for putting the laws of his country into a formal code Region of land stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf that saw the development of ancient societies A thick black mud left by seasonal floods Pharaoh a title of an ancient Egyptian king City-state Cuneiform Hammurabi Fertile Crescent Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt Vocabulary Silt a type of rectangular temple tower or tiered mound erected by cities in Mesopotamia. people from an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent city-states A city that has its own government and controls the surrounding country side, but is not under the control of another government early form of written language used by people of Mesopotamia that is made up of wedge shaped marks A king of ancient Mesopotamia, known for putting the laws of his country into a formal code Region of land stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf that saw the development of ancient societies A thick black mud left by seasonal floods Pharaoh a title of an ancient Egyptian king Ziggurat Sumerians City-state Cuneiform Hammurabi Fertile Crescent Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt Vocabulary Ziggurat Sumerians a type of ___________________________ mound erected by _____________________ people from an ______________________ Mesopotamia that contained a __________ ___________________________ City-state A city that has ________________ and controls the surrounding country side, but is ________ ________________________________ Cuneiform _____________________________ used by people of Mesopotamia that is made up of ___________________________________ Hammurabi A ______________________________, known for putting the ______________________ ____________________________ Fertile Crescent ____________________________________ Mediterranean Sea to the ______________ ________________________________ of ancient societies A thick ___________________________ Silt _____________ floods Pharaoh a title of an _________________________ ________________________