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World History Vocabulary Chapter 2
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- 1Name means "land between the rivers". Where the first civilization began. Present day Iraq & Syria.Mesopotamia
- 2The region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape. Known as the "Cradle of Civilization".Fertile Crescent
- 3Polytheistic (or polytheism)The belief in many gods
- 4The massive platform that the Sumerians built their religious temples on.Ziggurat
- 5Means "rule by god". Describes a government where the ruler is thought to be a God. Ex: Anceint EgyptTheocracy
- 61st writing system developed by the Sumerians.Cuneiform
- 71st written laws, given to people of Ancient Babylon by King Hammurabi. Very strict.Hammurabi's Law Code
- 8PatriachalA society dominated by men.
- 9The longest river in the world.The Nile River
- 10InundationThe annual flooding of the Nile River. The flood leaves behind rich, fertile mud.
- 11Rich, black mud left behind from the flooding of the Nile RIver.Silt
- 12The king who united Lower & Upper Egypt (around 3100 BC).King Menes
- 13DynastyMeans "great house of"; a family of rulers.
- 14Name for Egyptian King.Pharaoh
- 15The "life force". The part of the physical body that the Egyptians believed was stuck in after death.The "Ka"
- 16The part of the soul that embarked on a journey to follow the gods.The "Ba"
- 17MummificationThe Ancient Egyptian way of preserving the body. Included removing the organs, drying out the body, and wrapping it in linen.
- 18Containers used to hold the internal organs of the person being mummified.Canopic Jars
- 19SarcophagusThe outer layer of protection for a royal mummy.
- 20Pharaoh responsible for the Great Pyramid at Giza.King Khufu
- 21The Great PyramidLargest of the 3 pyramids at Giza. Built by King Khufu.
- 22King Khufu's BoatDiscovered in 1952, buried under the Great Pyramid, it would be needed to ferry King Khufu's spirit across the sky to be with Ra (the sun god).
- 23The Great SphinxOne of the oldest statues in the world. Archaeologists believe that it was carved around 2500 BC and that the head is meant to be the likeness of the Pharaoh Khafra.
- 24Egyptian Picture WritingHieroglyphics
- 25A stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek), using three scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek).The Rosetta Stone
- 26HyksosInvaded Egypt and ruled for about 200 years. Introduced the horse drawn chariot.
- 27Hatshepsut (hat-SHEP-soot)First great woman ruler in history. She ruled Egypt as a king. Sculptures and mask show her with a false beard.
- 28Akhenaten (aka Amenhotep)Rejected the traditional religion in favor of worshiping the Aten (sun disc) after whom he renamed himself.
- 2917 year old boy pharaoh whose tomb survived untouched by grave robbers. More than 3000 artifacts were found in his tomb.King Tut
- 30Ramses IIReigned over 67 years, fathered over 100 children, defeated the Hitties (and other superpowers of ancient times). He declared himself a living god.
- 31Reed like plant that grows on the Nile River Ancient Egyptians used to write on.Papyrus
- 32Cultural DiffusionThe spreading of ideas from one culture to another.
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