Chapter 2 Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt

Mesopotamia

fertile cresent

Polytheistic

ZIggurats

Theocracy

Cuneiform

Hammurabi's Law code

Patriarchal

Nile river

Inundation

Cataracts

King Menes

Dynasty

Pharaoh

Vizier

Silt

Mummification

"Ba" + "Ka"

Canopic Jars

Great pyramid

King Khufu

Sphinx

Old kingdom

Middle Kingdom

New kingdom

Queen Hatshepsut

Tutankhamek

Ramses 11

cultural diffusion

papyrus