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    The document provides information about ancient Mesopotamian civilization and ancient Egyptian civilization. Mesopotamian civilization developed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and is considered the "Cradle of Civilization". It had advanced social structures, writing in cuneiform script, and inventions like the wheel and plow. Egyptian civilization flourished along the Nile River, with important contributions including mummification, hieroglyphic writing, pyramid tombs for pharaohs, and papyrus as a writing material. Both civilizations exhibited advanced cultural and technological achievements for their time.

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    Ancient Mesopotamia

    Give short answer:

    1.What is meant by civilization?

    A society its culture and its way of life during a particular period of time.

    2. State the characteristics of civilization.

    A civilization has following characteristics:

    a.economy b.cities c.social classes d. occupation e . religion f. writing


    g. technology e. architecture

    3.Name the ancient civilizations of the world.

    a. Mesopotamian Civilization b. Egyptian Civilization c. Indus Valley


    Civilization d.Yellow River Civilization e. Greek Civilization f. Norte Chico
    Civilization

    4.What are the other names of Mesopotamian Civilization?

    a.Fertile Crescent b. Cradle of Civilization

    5.What were the areas of Mesopotamian Civilization?

    Mesopotamian Civilization covered the areas of Iraq,Turkey,Syria,and


    Kuwait .

    6.Write the social structure of Mesopotamia

    a.king

    b.priest

    c.bureaucrats
    d.traders and farmers

    e. landless laboures and beggers

    f.slaves

    7.What were the writing and script of Mesopotamia?

    Sumerian was the writing and Cuneiform was the script of


    Mesopotamian

    8.Name famous rulers of Mesopotamia

    Famous rulers of Mesopotamia were Sargon,Hammurabi,Ashurbanipal


    and Nebuchadnezzar.

    9.What was the religion of Mesopotamian ?

    They were polytheists and believed in many gods.

    10.Name some inventions of Mesopotamia

    They invented plow,wheel,writing,calendar

    11.What is meant by chronology ?

    The order in which series of event happened.

    12.What is Ziggurat?

    It was a religious structure in Mesopotamia used as temple.

    13.What is meant by cradle of civilization?

    Mesopotamian Civilization was also called cradle of civilization because


    it is the first place where complex urban centres grew.

    Ch:2 Ancient Egypt


    1.write three points about the river Nile

    a.River Nile is the longest river of the world.

    b.It is about 4000 miles long.

    c.it is home of ancient civilization.

    d.It is the lifeline to Egypt.

    2.What is ppapyrus ?

    It is a wtiting material made from the papyrus plant a reed which grows
    in the marshy areas around the river Nile.

    3.What were the uses of papyrus?

    a.Papyrus was used as a writing material, and also for boats,


    mattresses, mats, ropes, sandals, and baskets.

    4.What is pyramid ?

    Pyramids are huge tombs built by Pharaohs to bury their kings and
    queens.

    5.Name the places where pyramids are found?

    Pyramids are found in Egypt, Sudan, and Iraq

    6.What was the contribution of Egyptions to counting ?.They used


    seven different symbols.

    7. what is mummification?

    The Egyptians preserved their dead body. The bodies were carefully
    embalmed and wrapped up in cloth bandages to preserve them.
    8. what are hieroglyphs ?

    Hieroglyphs are complex Egyptian writing that uses pictures, and


    characters.

    9.What are the pictographs ?

    Pictographs are images carved into roacks .

    10. Who was Cleopatro?

    Cleopatra was the queen of ancient Egypt.She was the first women
    ruler in history. She was well educated and a clever diplomat.

    11.What were the occupations of ancient Egyptians?

    Egyptians were priests ,scribes,craftmen,and farmers.

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