ancient mesopotamia & egypt

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ch.2 ancient mesopotamia & egypt
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mesopotamia name means "land between the 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 cradle of civilization
polytheistic(aka polytheism) belief in many god;ancient sumerians believed in over 3000 gods
ziggurat the massive platform that the sumerians built their religious temples on
theocracy means ruled by god
cuneiform 1st writing system developed by the sumerians wedge shape writing
hammurabi's law code 1st written laws
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
inundation the annual flooding of the nile river
silt rich black mud left behind from the flooding river leave behind rich fertile mud
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 thought when someone died the ka or the life force
ba the ba was 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
sarcophagus the formed the outer layer of protection for a royal mummy
king khufu's boat discovered in 1952 buried under the great pyramid
great sphinx one the largest and oldest statues in the world
hieroglyphics egyptian writing
the rosetta stone a stone with writing on it in two languages
hyksos invaded egypt and ruled 200 years introduced the horse drawn chariot
hatshepsut first great woman ruler in history she ruled egypt as a king not queen
akhenaten rejected the traditional religion in favor of worshiping the aten
king tut 17 years old boy pharaoh whose tomb survived untouched by grave robbers
ramses 2 ramses the great reigned 67 years defeated the hittites fathered over 100 children
papyrus reed like plant that grows on the nile river ancient egyptians used to write on
culture diffusion the spreading of ideas from one culture to another culture
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