Frage | Antworten |
Mesopotamia | land between rivers |
Fertile Crescent | the region in the middle east wich curves, like a quarter-moon shape |
polythestic | belief in many gods |
ziggurat | the massive temples that the sumerians built there religious temples on |
theocracy | rule by god |
cuneiform | 1st writing system developed by the sumerians |
Hammurabi's Law Code | 1st written laws |
Patriarchal | describes a society dominated by men |
NIle River | The longest river in the world |
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 united lower & upper Egypt around 3100 BC |
Dynasty | Means great house of a family of rulers |
Pharaoh | name of Egyptian KIng |
ka | ancient Egyptians thoughts that when someone died th Ka or the life force, left the physical body |
Ba | The Ba was the part of the soul that embarked on a 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 of the deceased that was going to be mummified |
Sarcophagus | A sarcophagus formed the outer layer of protection for a royal mummy, with several layers of coffins nested within, and was often carved out of alabaster |
King khufu Cheopes | earned everlasting fame for being the pharaoh resonsible for the great pyramid at giza which he built to serve as his tomb |
The Great Pyramid | Largest of the 3 pyramids at Giza |
Great Sphinx | one of the largest and oldest statues in the world |
Hieroglyphics | Egyptians picture writing |
The Rosetta Stone | a stone with writing on it in two languages using scripts |
Hyksos | invaded Egypt and ruled for 200 years |
Hatshepsut | first great woman ruler in history |
Akhenaten | rejected the traditional religion in favor of worshiping the Aten, or sun disc, after whom he renamed himself. |
King Tut | 17 year old boy pharaoh whose tomb survived untouched by grave robbers |
Ramses 2nd | The great resigned 67 years |
Papyrus | reed plant that grows on the nile river ancient egyptians used to write on |
Culture Diffusion | the spreading of ideas from one culture to another |
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