Ancient Mesopotamia & egypt

Pregunta	Respuesta
Mesopotamia	name means ''land between the rivers''; where the 1st civilizations began; present
fertile	the religion in the middle east with curves, Image: 92f47c68-76b6-4e2a-b0d4-8998fd1cfa09 (image/png)
poytheistic	belief in MANY gods; Ancient Sumerians believed in over 3,000 gods.
ziggurat	Image: b7eaa59a-a498-4587-975d-7f91b1d3bd2e (image/png)
theocracy	means ''rule by gods'' ; describe a govt. where the ruler is thought to be a god ex. Ancient egypt
cuneiform	1st writing system developed by Sumerians; "wedge-shape writing"
Hammurabi's Laws Code (33)	Image: c15d0f0a-151a-473c-bcac-e1cb179e6df9 (image/png)
Hammurabi's diorite stele (on display in the Louvre Museum Paris France	Image: d6f29f4a-10d7-411b-9808-3b6f7e0c30e9 (image/png)
patriarchal	describes a society dominated by men
Image: cf68c135-41b6-45a8-818a-8f7643f22bae (image/png)	Nile river
inudation	the annual flooding of the Nile river. the flood river leaves behind rich fertile mud
silt	rich black mud left behind from flooding of the Nile river
king Menes (36)	a king who united lower & upper Egypt around 3100 bc
means ''great house of''; a family of rulers	dynasty
pharaoh	name of a egyptian king

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	Creado por Joshua Weaver hace más de 7 años