Created by Weslier Velasquez Marroquin
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Question | Answer |
mesopotamia | means island between the rivers |
Fertile crescent | the region in the middle east which curves like a quarter |
Polytheistic (aka polytheism ) | belief in many gods |
ziggurat | the massive platform that the sumerians built |
Theocracy | means rule by god |
cuneiform | 1st writing system developed by the sumerians |
Hammurabi's law code (33) | 1st written laws given to people of ancient babylon by the king Hammurabi |
patriarchal | describes a society dominated by men |
nile River | the longest river in the world often called the gift of the nile river |
Inundation | the annual flooding of the nile river |
Silt | rich black mud left behind from the flooding of the nile river |
KIng Menes | King who untied lower & upper egypt around 3100 BC |
Dynasty | means Great house of a family of rulers |
pharaoh | Name for Egyptian King |
Ka | Ancient egyptians thought that when someone died the ka or the life force, left physical body |
Ba | The Ba was the part of the soul that embarked on Journey to follow the gods |
Mummification | It was very important to ancient egyptian religious beliefs that the human body was preserved. |
canopic Jars | containers used to hold the internal organs |
Sarcophagus | formed the outer layer of protection for a royal mummy. |
KIng Khufu | earned everlasting fame for being the pharaoh responsible for the great pyramid |
The great pyramid | largest of the 3 pyramids at Giza |
King Khufu's Boat | discovered in 1952 buried under the great pyramid |
Great Sphinx | One of the largest and oldest statues in the world |
hieroglyphics | Egyptian picture writing |
The Rosetta Stone | A stone with writing on it in two languages (egyptian and Greek) |
Hyksos | invaded egypt and ruled for 200 years |
Hatshepsut | First great women ruler in history she ruled egypt |
Akhenaten | Rejected the Traditional religion in favor of worshiping the Aten |
KIng Tut | 17 year old Boy pharaoh whose tomb survived untouched by grave robbers |
Ramses 1 | Ramses the great Reigned 67 years |
papyrus | reed like plant that grows on the Nile River Ancient Egyptians |
Cultural Diffusion | the spreading of ideas from one culture to another culture |
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