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Ancient mesopotamia & egypt

Weslier Velasquez Marroquin World History 9th grade Inglês 32 flashcards

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1mesopotamiameans island between the rivers
2Fertile crescentthe region in the middle east which curves like a quarter
3Polytheistic (aka polytheism )belief in many gods
4zigguratthe massive platform that the sumerians built
5Theocracymeans rule by god
6cuneiform1st writing system developed by the sumerians
7Hammurabi's law code (33)1st written laws given to people of ancient babylon by the king Hammurabi
8patriarchaldescribes a society dominated by men
9nile Riverthe longest river in the world often called the gift of the nile river
10Inundationthe annual flooding of the nile river
11Siltrich black mud left behind from the flooding of the nile river
12KIng MenesKing who untied lower & upper egypt around 3100 BC
13Dynastymeans Great house of a family of rulers
14pharaohName for Egyptian King
15KaAncient egyptians thought that when someone died the ka or the life force, left physical body
16BaThe Ba was the part of the soul that embarked on Journey to follow the gods
17MummificationIt was very important to ancient egyptian religious beliefs that the human body was preserved.
18canopic Jarscontainers used to hold the internal organs
19Sarcophagusformed the outer layer of protection for a royal mummy.
20KIng Khufuearned everlasting fame for being the pharaoh responsible for the great pyramid
21The great pyramidlargest of the 3 pyramids at Giza
22King Khufu's Boatdiscovered in 1952 buried under the great pyramid
23Great SphinxOne of the largest and oldest statues in the world
24hieroglyphicsEgyptian picture writing
25The Rosetta StoneA stone with writing on it in two languages (egyptian and Greek)
26Hyksosinvaded egypt and ruled for 200 years
27HatshepsutFirst great women ruler in history she ruled egypt
28AkhenatenRejected the Traditional religion in favor of worshiping the Aten
29KIng Tut17 year old Boy pharaoh whose tomb survived untouched by grave robbers
30Ramses 1Ramses the great Reigned 67 years
31papyrusreed like plant that grows on the Nile River Ancient Egyptians
32Cultural Diffusionthe spreading of ideas from one culture to another culture