Unit 2 Test Review

6. the chief minister who supervised the business of the government in Ancient Egypt.
7. a system of government through departments and subdivisions by officials who follow a set of rules.
8. a triangular shaped area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers.
9. he is known for his building programs and for the wars that he waged against the Hittites and Libyans.
11. writing system in which each symbol represents a single basic sound.
13. a system of writing that used wedge-shaped marks in Ancient Mesopotamia.
14. site of the world’s first civilization, located in southern Mesopotamia.
17. he’s the Egyptian god the afterlife and the Nile River.
18. he was the king of the Babylonian Empire from 605 to 562 BC. He is credited with the construction of the famous Hanging Garden of Babylon.
19. an economic system in which one set of goods or services are paid for through a token of an agreed value.
21. a large, stepped-platform thought to have been topped by a temple dedicated to a city-state’s chief god or goddess.
23. he was the first king of the Babylonian Empire. He is known for writing the first code of law in recorded history.
24. region within the fertile crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
25. plant used to make a paper-like writing material in Ancient Egypt.
26. Mesopotamian narrative poem that was first recited in Sumer.

1. the preservation of dead bodies by embalming and wrapping them in cloth.
2. he battled to regain Egyptian rule of Syria and Palestine. He created Egypt’s largest dynasty.
3. region of the Middle East in which civilizations first arose.
4. an economic system in which one set of goods or services is exchanged for another.
5. a statue monument that was used to decipher the meaning of hieroglyphics.
10. he ruled the Akkadian Empire from around 2334 to 2279. He is known for creating the first empire in Mesopotamia.
12. she served as ruler of Ancient Egypt alongside her husband, Thutmose II.
15. system of writing in which pictures represents objects, concepts, or sounds.
16. he’s considered the king of the gods in Ancient Egypt.
20. system of ranking groups.
22. title of the rulers of Ancient Egypt.