Question | Answer |
Mesopotamia | was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau, |
Mesopotamia | was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean |
Sumerians | of or relating to Sumer, its ancient language, or the early, non-Semitic element it contributed to Babylonian civilization |
Polyytheistic | is belief in many gods |
Ziggurats | a rectangular stepped tower |
theocracy | a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god. |
Cuneiform | denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia |
Hammurabi's Law code | a Babylonian legal code of the 18th century b.c. or earlier, instituted by Hammurabi and dealing with criminal and civil matters. |
Patriarchal | of, relating to, or characteristic of a patriarch. |
Nile river | It is the longest river on Earth . |
Inundation | Annual flooding of the nile river |
Cataracts | waterfalls along the nile river . |
King Menes | lourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty. |
Dynasty | a line of hereditary rulers of a country. |
Pharaoh | a ruler in ancient Egypt. |
Vizier | a high official in some Muslim countries, especially in Turkey under Ottoman rule. |
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