The document provides an overview of the key topics to study for an exam on ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. It lists the shared characteristics of Mesopotamia and Egypt, their natural environments, political histories divided into different periods, writing systems of cuneiform and hieroglyphics, economies focused on agriculture and livestock, social organizations divided into groups, religions, architectural styles of palaces and temples, sculptures including statues and reliefs, the practice of mummification in Egypt, and recommended vocabulary including the Book of the Dead, Hammurabi's Code, and Tutankhamun's curse. It also mentions the architecture and temples of Egypt as well as their sculptures and paintings.

1. MESOPOTAMIA and EGYPT
SUMMARY
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW
FOR THE EXAM?

2. - Characteristics that Mesopotamia and Egypt have in common ( Chronology, location on
bank of rivers, irrigation techniques, political power, social organization,
invention of writing)
- Natural environment
- Political history. Mesopotamia ( Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, Assyria, Neo Babylonia, Persia)
Egypt ( The Old Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom, The New Kingdom, The Late Period)
- Characteristic of Cuneiform and Hieroglyphics writing
- Economy ( Activities they practiced: agriculture, livestock, etc)
- Society ( main characteristics, groups in which it was divided)
- Religion
- Architecture in Mesopotamia ( main characteristics, materials, types of
buildings- palaces, temples-)
- Sculpture in Mesopotamia ( statues, reliefs)
-Mummification in Egypt

3. - DON´T FORGET vocabulary and photocopies ( Book of the Dead, Hammurabi´s Code
and Tutankhamun´s curse)
Architecture in Egypt: Main characteristics, types of temples and types of tombs. Some
examples
-Sculpture and paintings in Egypt ( Characteristics)