Mesopotamia & Geography

Rivers where Mesopotamia was

• Euphrates & Tigris

• Euphrates & Indus

• Huang He & Nile

• Nile & Tigris

Word that literally means "Land Between the Rivers"; Name for the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• China

• India

River where Egypt was

• Nile

• Tigris

• Indus

• Euphrates

River where India was

• Indus

• Nile

• Huang He

• Yellow

River where China was

• Huang He

• Nile

• Indus

• Euphrates

Mountain range that isolated China; Separated China and India

• Himalayas

• Rockies

• Hindu Kush

• Sierra Nevada

Desert to the West of China; Desert that contributed to China's early isolation

• Gobi

• Sahara

• Atacama

• Patagonia

Settled between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea

• Hebrews

• Phoenicians

• Sumerians

• Egyptians

People group known for being sailors and traders around the Mediterranean Sea; First settled along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; Established colonies along other areas of the Mediterranean coast

• Phoenicians

• Hebrews

• Sumerians

• Mesopotamia

Babylonian King; Ruled in Mesopotamia; Wrote the first written law code; Believed harsh punishments would make people fully obey the law

• Hammurabi

• Moses

• Cleopatra

• Caesar