Geography

Question 1

Modern Mediterranean Countries

Answer 1

Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Cyprus, Turkey, Greece

Question 2

Modern Mediterranean Capitals

Answer 2

Libya = Tripoli
Egypt = Cairo
Sudan = Khartoum
Jordan = Amman
Palestine = East Jerusalem
Israel = Jerusalem
Lebanon = Beirut
Syria = Damascus
Iraq = Baghdad
Iran = Tehran
Cyprus = Nicosia
Turkey = Ankara
Greece = Athens

Question 3

Civilizations

Answer 3

Ancient Egypt
Sumer
Assyrian Empire
Babylonian Empire
Persian Empire
Minoan Empire
Mycenaean Empire
Classical Greece
Hittite Empire
Akkadian Empire

Question 4

Ancient Mediterranean Countries/ Regions

Answer 4

Ancient Egypt = Egypt, Sudan
Nubia = Egypt, Sudan
Sumer = Iraq
Assyria = Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Iran
Babylonia  = Iraq
Persia = Iran
Mycenae = Greece
Anatolia = Turkey, Armenian Highlands
Phoenicia = Lebanon
Kush = Sudan, Egypt (Nubia) 
Judah = Israel, Palestine
Israel = Israel
Mesopotamia = Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Kuwait
Upper Mesopotamia = Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Levant = Syria, Lebanon
Minoan = Crete
Lydia = Turkey
Media = Iran
Cyclades = Greek Islands inc Naxos,  Mykonos, Thira/Santorini

Question 5

Ancient Mediterranean Capitals

Answer 5

Ancient Egypt = Thebes, Memphis
Anatolia = Hattusa 
Phoenicia = Byblos, Tyre, Carthage
Babylonia = Babylon
Kushite = Napata
Assyria = Assur, Nineveh
Sumer = Uruk
Judah = Hebron, Jerusalem
Akkad = Akkad
Lydia = Sardis
Media = Ecbatana

Question 6

Ancient Mediterranean Important Cities

Answer 6

Minoan Crete = Knossos, Phaistos, Zakros
Mycenae = Pylos, Thebes, Sparta, Athens, Mycenae,
Anatolia = Hattusa, Sardis, Troy
Assyria = Ninevah, Assur, Nimrud
Sumer = Uruk, Ur

Question 7

Ancient Mediterranean Empires

Answer 7

Hittite = (Hatti) Turkey, Syria, Lebanon
Phoenician = Lebanon, Israel, Gaza, Turkey, Syria
Kushite = Sudan, Egypt
Mesopotamian = Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, Turkey
Akkadian = Iraq, Kuwait, Syria,Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Iran, Bahrain, Oman

Question 8

Sea People (Ancient)

Answer 8

• Eqwesh = Achaeans?
• Lukka = Lycaeans?
• Shekelesh = Sicilians?
• Sherden = Sardinians?
• Teresh = Tyrrhenians?
• Denyen = Danaeans?
• Peleset = Philistines?
• Tjekker = Palestinian coast-dwellers, near Haifa?
• Weshesh = S. Palestinians?

Question 9

Sea People (Modern)

Answer 9

• Achaeans = Peloponnese, peninsula of Greece
• Lycaeans = Turkey? Greece?
• Sicilians = Sicily, Italy
• Sardinians = Sardinia, Italy
• Tyrrhenians = ‘non-Greeks’ - Tuscany, Italy? Turkey?
• Danaeans = Greece? Lebanon?
• Philistines = Israel

Question 10

Nile

Answer 10

Nile = Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Others

• First indications @ Aswan early June (a week earlier than Lower Egypt)
• Steady increase until mid-July
• Rises steadily until beginning September
• Stabilizes for ~3 weeks
• Rises in October and reaches its highest level
• Then begins to subside, although may rise again.
• Typical heights 7- 14 m
• c.1800–1750 BC: examples up to 21m

Question 11

Euphrates-Tigris

Answer 11

Euphrates = Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran
Tigris = Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran
- Flood March–May,
- Unpredictable in pattern
- Need for elaborate system of dykes to manage