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- 2. Name of Egyptian rulers of the New Kingdom, it literally means “great house of the king”.
- 5. Since History begins with writing, it is said that “History begins at ______”.
- 7. The longest ruling Pharaoh is _______ II, whose reign spanned for over 67 years.
- 8. If you want to ascend in Sumerian society, you should attend the Eddubas and become a _________.
- 10. Sumerians did not promote body or capital punishment, but they had a system of ______.
- 11. Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, also known as Akhenaton, will change Egyptian religion from Polytheism to ___________.
- 15. Egyptian symbols used to represent sounds and ideas.
- 17. The great pyramids of Giza were built during the ____ kingdom.
- 18. The _______ predated the Egyptians for more than 800 years.
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- 1. He will lead the Akkadians to conquest and victory over other peoples.
- 3. It is the Egyptian god of the sky, it is represented with the head of a falcon.
- 4. Female ruler of Egypt, wife to Thutmose II and mother of Thutmose III.
- 5. All early civilizations worked on creating ______ societies.
- 6. It is the Egyptian god of the Nile, it represents life, death and rebirth; his female counterpart is Isis.
- 9. The _______ writing system developed by peoples in Mesopotamia is the oldest one known.
- 11. It means “land between the rivers.
- 12. The Egyptian Empire will be called such during the ____ Kingdom epoch.
- 13. An Amorite king, he will bring his people to conquer all other Mesopotamian peoples, make Babylon a trade center and create a very strict law code.
- 14. Sumerian myth, superhero and supposedly one of its first rulers.
- 16. The main temple structure all Sumerian city-states shared.
