Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt

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Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt
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Mesopotamia Name means " Land between 2 rivers"; where the 1st civilization began; present day iraq & syria
Fertile Crescent The region in the middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape; known as the Cradel of Civilization.hpml
polytheistic (aka polytheism) belief in MANY gods; Ancient Sumerians believed over 3,000 gods.
ziggurat The massive platform that the sumerians built their religious temples on
Theocracy Means "rule by god"; describes a govt where the ruler is thought to be a god
Cuneiform 1st writing system developed by the sumerians; "wedge- shape writing"
Hammurabi's Law Code 1st 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
Patriarchal Describes a society dominated by men
Nile River The longest river in the world; Egypt is often called "The gift of the Nile River'; Egyptians depended on the river for everything
Inundation The annual flooding of the Nile River. The flood river leave behind rich fertile mud
silt Rich black mud left behind from the flooding of the Nile River
King Menes (36) king who united upper and lower 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 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
ba The 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
mummification it 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
canopic jars containers 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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