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Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt
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- 1MesopotamiaName means " Land between 2 rivers"; where the 1st civilization began; present day iraq & syria
- 2Fertile CrescentThe region in the middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape; known as the Cradel of Civilization.hpml
- 3polytheistic (aka polytheism)belief in MANY gods; Ancient Sumerians believed 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 sumerians; "wedge- shape writing"
- 7Hammurabi's 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; Egypt is often called "The gift of the Nile River'; Egyptians depended on the river for everything
- 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 Menes (36)king who united upper and lower egypt around 3100 BC
- 13DynastyMeans " great house of"; a family of rulers
- 14PharaohName for Egyptian King
- 15"ka"ancient egyptians thought that when someone died ka, or the life force, left the physical body; the ka could eat and drink but was stuck in the tomb in the body of the mummy or the small statues that were left in the tombs
- 16baThe ba was part of the soul that embarked on a journey to follow the gods; the symbol of the ba is often shown as a bird with a human head and wings
- 17mummificationit was very important to ancient egyptian religious beliefs that the human body was preserved. Their method of preserving the body was called mummification. This process lasted 70 days
- 18canopic jarscontainers used to hold the internal organs of the dead that was going to be mummified.; the jar had lids shaped as the heads of the 4 sons of horus
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