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Flashcards by Steadman Davis, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Steadman Davis
about 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Mesopotamia | Name means land between the rivers. |
| Theocracy | Means rule by god. |
| Dynasty | Means great house of a family or rulers. |
| Hieroglyphics | Egyptian picture writing. |
| Pharaoh | Name for Egyptian King. |
| Patriarchal | Describes a society dominated by men. |
| Hyksos | Invaded Egypt and ruled for 200 years. |
| Hatashepsut | First great woman ruler in history. |
| Polytheistic | Belief in many Gods. |
| Mummification | It was very important to ancient Egyptian religious beliefs that the human body was preserved. |
| Great Sphinx | One of the world's largest and oldest statues in the world. |
| The Rosetta Stone | A stone with writing on it in two languages. |
| Akhenaten | Rejected the traditional religion in favor of worshiping the Aten, or sun disc, after whom he renamed himself. |
| Papyrus | Reed like plant that grows on the Nile River Ancient Egyptians used to write on. |
| Cultural Diffusion | The spreading of ideas from one culture to another culture. |
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