Ch.2 Ancient Mesopotamia & egypt

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Mesopotamia "land between the rivers"
Sumerians the creators of the first mesopotamia.
Polytheistic Beliefe in many gods.
Ziggurats temple was often built atop a massive stepped tower.
Theocracy a government by divine autherity.
Cuneiform system of writing.
Hammurabi's Law Code came to power.
Patriarchal is men dominate the society.
Nile River in the heart of africa and courses north ward for more than 4000 miles.
Inundation annual flooding of the nile river.
Cataracts waterfalls along the nile river
King Menes upper and lower egypt into a single king dom and created the first royal dynasty.
Dynasty a family of ruler whose right to rule is passed on within the family.
Pharaoh meaning "great house" or "place" eventually became the most common.
Vizier the steward of the whole land.
Mummification a process of slowly drying a dead to prevent it from rotting
"ba"+"ka" numerology
Canopic jars covered urn used in ancient egyptian burials to hold the entrails from an embalmed body.
Great pyramid massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides
King Khufu cheops
Sphinx having a women's head and a lion's body.
Old kingdom periods which mark the high point of civilization in the lower nile river.
Fertile crescent region in the middle east which curves,known as the cradle of civilization.
Silt rich black mud left behind from the flooding of the nile river.
Sarcophagus outer layer of protection for a royal mummy
king khufu's boat in 1952 buried under the great pyramid,
Hieroglyphics egyptian picture writing
The rosetta stone a stone with writing on it in two language
hykoso invaded egypt
Hatshepsut First wamen to be the king not a queen
Akhenaten believed in only on sun of god.
King tut 17 year old boy pharaoh whose tomb survived..
Ramses 2 great reigned 67 years
papyrus reed like plant that grows on the nile river
culture diffusion ideas spread from culture to culture.
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