HIS104 Study Guide
Chapter 2: Early Middle Eastern and Northeast African Civilization Study Guide
Read Chapter 2 and know the significance of these terms:
Amarna Period
Hieroglyphics
Assyrian Empire
Kerma
Aten
Kush
cataract
Levant
city-state
Meroe
civilization
Meroitic
Bronze Age
Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
Middle Kingdom
Desiccation
Hyksos
Devine kingship
Monotheism
Empire
New Kingdom
Hammurabi’s Code
Nubia
Old Kingdom
Sargon of Akkad
Polytheistic
ziggurat
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1. Describe the legacies of the civilization in Ancient Mesopotamia.
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