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Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
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- 1Cuneiform1st writing system developed by the sumerians, "Wedged-shape writing"
- 2ZigguratA massive platform built by the sumerians on their religious temples
- 3Nile RiverThe longest river in the world. Egypt is often called "The gift of the Nile River", the egyptians depended in the River for everything
- 4mummificationIt was very important to the ancient egyptians religious beliefs that the human body was preserved.
- 5Canopic jarsContainer were used to hold the internal organs of the deceased that was going to be mummified, the jars had lids the shape as the heads of the 4 sons of Horus
- 6Fertile CrescentThe region in the middle east which curves, like a quarter-moon shape. Known as the Cradle of Civilization
- 7PolytheisticThe belief of many gods
- 8TheocracyMeans "Rule by god", describe a govt. where the ruler is thought to be a god
- 9Hammurabi's Law Code1st written laws, given to people of ancient Babylon by King Hammurabi, very strict laws
- 10PatriarchalDescribes a society dominated by men
- 11InundationThe annual flooding of the Nile River. The flood leaves behind rich fertile mud
- 12SiltRich black mud left behind from the flooding of the River Nile
- 13King MenesKing who united lower and upper Egypt around 3100 BC
- 14DynastyMeans "great house of", a family of rulers
- 15PharaohName for a egyptian king
- 16"Ka"Could drink and eat but was stuck in the tomb in the body of a mummy or the small statues that were left in the tomb
- 17"Ba"Was the part of the soul that embarked on a journey to follow the gods
- 18Sarcophagusformed the outer layer of protection for a royal mummy
- 19King KhufuEarned everlasting fame for being the pharaoh responsible for the Great Pyramid at Giza which he built to serve as his tomb
- 20The Great PyramidLargest of the three pyramids at Giza, built by king Khufu, the only monument of the seven wonders of the Ancient world to survive
- 21King 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"
- 22Great SphinxOne of the oldest statues in the world. Archeologist believed that it was carved around 2500 BC that the head is meant to be the likeness of the pharaoh Khafra
- 23HieroglyphicsEgyptian picture writing
- 24The Rosetta StoneA stone writing on it in two languages
- 25HyksosInvaded Egypt and ruled for 200 years introduced Horse Drawn Chariot
- 26Hatshepsut1st great woman ruler in history, she ruled egypt as a king not a queen sculptures and mask show her with a false beard
- 27AkhenatenRejected the traditional religion in favor of worshipping the Aten or sun disc after whom he renamed himself
- 28King Tut17 Year old boy pharaoh whose tomb survived untouched by grave robbers, more than 3000 artifacts were discovered in his tomb
- 29Ramses IIReigned 67 years, fathered over 100 children, defeated the hittites, declared himself a living god
- 30PapyrusReed like plant that grows on the Nile River. Ancient Egyptians used to write on
- 31Cultural DiffusionThe spreading of ideas from one culture to another culture
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