Mesopotamia & Egypt

2. Assyria’s capital
8. Introduced the use of coins, revolutionizing trade by moving from barter to a standardized currency.
10. the official religion of the Persian Empire, and its sacred text, the Zend-Avesta, guided its followers.
12. Nomadic herders from Mesopotamia around 2000 BCE, led by Abraham to Canaan (later known as Palestine)
13. Spread iron technology across West Asia, revolutionizing warfare and agriculture. Their reign lasted for 200 years.
14. a member of the elite Ten Thousand Immortals, he further expanded the empire, conquering lands as far as the river valleys of northern India.

1. the son of Cyrus the Great, expanded the Persian Empire by successfully conquering Egypt.
3. The wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus, one of the longest-lived deities of Egypt. A protector of the living and the dead.
4. The personification of the Nile, honoring the river's inundations and fertile deposits on the fields of Egypt.
5. The god of the dead in Egypt
6. He was the patron of embalmers and had a vital role in the travels of the deceased in TUAT or the Underworld.
7. One of the greats, he entered cities like Babylon without looting or burning.
9. The cobra goddess, patroness of Lower Egypt, and involved in the coronation of the kings.
11. Chief god of the city of Babylon and the national god of Babylonia