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- 1Mesopotamianame means "land between the rivers": where the 1st civilization began; present day Iraq & Syria
- 2Fertrile Crescentthe region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape; known as the cradle of civilization
- 3polythesticbelief in many gods; Ancient Sumerians believed in over 3,000 gods
- 4ZigguratThe massive platform that the Sumerians built their religious temples on.
- 5Theocracymeans "rule by god" describes a govt. where the ruler is thought to be a god
- 6Cuneiform1st writing system developed by the summerians; "wedge shape writing
- 7Hammurabis Law Code1st written laws; given to people of Ancient Babylon by King Hammurabi; very strict laws based on principle of an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth
- 8Patriarchaldescribes a society dominated by men
- 9Nile Riverthe longest river in the world
- 10Inundationthe annual flooding of the Nile River the flood river leave behind rich fertile mud
- 11Siltrich black mud left behind from the flooding of the Nile River
- 12king menesking who united Lower&Upper Egypt around 3100 BC
- 13dynastymeans great house of a family of rulers
- 14pharaohname for Egyptian King
- 15Kaancient egyptians thought that when someone died the Ka, or life force left the body the Ka could drink and eat but was stuck in the tomb in the body of the mummy or the small statues that were left in the tomb
- 16Bathe ba was the part of soul that embarked on a journey to follow the gods the symbol of the Ba is often shown as a bird with a human had and wings
- 17mummificationit was very important to ancient egyptian religous beliefs that the human body was preserved their method of preserving the body was called mummifacation the process lasted up to 70 days
- 18canopic jarscontainers used to hold the internal organs of the deceased that was going to be mummified the jars had lids shaped as the heads of the four sons of horus
- 19sarcophagusformed the outer layer of protection for a royal mummy with several layers of coffins nestedwithin and was often carved out of alabaster
- 20King Khufuearned everlasting fame for being the pharaoh responsible for the Great Pyramid at Giza which he built to serve as his tomb
- 21the Great Pyramid larelargest of the 3 pyramids at Giza built by King Khufu the only monument of the 7 wonders of the Ancient World to survive
- 22King Khufu's boatdiscovered in 1952 buried under the Great Pryamid it would be needed to ferry King Khufu's spirit across the sky to be with Ra the sun god
- 23Great Sphinxone of the largest and and oldest statues in the world Archeologists believe that it was carved around 2500 BC and that the head is meant to be the likeness of the pharaoh khafra
- 24hieroglyphicsegyptian picture writing
- 25the rosetta stonea stone with writing on it in two languages using
- 26Hykosinvaded Egypt and ruled Egypt as king not queen Sculpture and masks shows her with a false beard
- 27Akhenatenrejected the traditional religion in favor of worshiping the Aten, or sun disc, after whom he renamed himself. He closed all the temples to the old gods and obliterated their names from monuments.
- 28King Tut17 year old boy pharaoh whose tomb survived untouched by grave robbers; more than 3000 artifacts discovered in his tomb.
- 29Ramses IIRamses the Great reigned 67 years; fathered over 100 children; defeated the Hittites, the other superpower of ancient times; he 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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