Mesopatamia
Sumerians
Polytheistic
ziggurats
theocracy
cuneiform
Hammurabi's law code
patriarchal
Nile River
inundation: annual flooding of the Nile River
Cataracts: waterfalls along the Nile River
King Menes
dynasty
pharaoh
vizier
Silt
Mummification
"ba" + "ka"
Canopic Jars
Great Pyramid
King Khufu
Sphinx
Old kingdom
Middle kingdom
New Kingdom
Queen Hatshepsut
King Tut
Fertile Crescent
King khufu's boat
hieroglyphics
The Rosetta stone
Hyksos
Akhenaten
Ramses II
papyrus
cultural diffusion