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Flashcards by Weslier Velasquez Marroquin, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Weslier Velasquez Marroquin
about 7 years ago
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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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