Section 1 Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt Chapter 3 Section 1 Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt

Civilization People that developed writing, cities, and specialized workers. 1st about 5,000 years ago

Mesopotamia One of the 1st civilizations Between Tigris and Euphrates rivers Fertile Crescent During bronze age

Farming Began around 4500 B.C. Irrigation system Ditches dug to better water crops

Government City-state Theocracy City controls the land around it Government is ruled by a king who is the religious leader too.

Sumer Earliest city-state Cuneiform Form of writing that used wedge shaped markings

Akkad Conquered Sumer 2300 B.C. Made first empire

Babylon Conquered Sumer 1800 B.C. Hammurabi Wrote a code of laws Made 60 minute hour and 60 second minute Had clocks controlled by water

Phoenicians 1200 B.C. Traded with other cultures Created an alphabet

Ancient Egypt Nile is the longest river in the world Delta- triangular piece of fertile land Empire formed 5000 B.C. 2 kingdoms Upper Egypt Lower Egypt Educational

Pharaohs and Gods 3100 B.C. kingdoms united Pharaoh “great house” Both king and god

Religion Polytheistic Having many gods

Mummies Embalmed Mummy Pyramids Bodies preserved immediately after death Mummy Body wrapped in strips of linen Pyramids Tombs of the pharaohs

Writing Hieroglyphics Papyrus Rosetta Stone Form of picture writing Plant used to make paper Rosetta Stone Allowed scientists to read hieroglyphics