The first civilisations: Mesopotamia and Egypt words

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1º de ESO Geography and History Flashcards on The first civilisations: Mesopotamia and Egypt words, created by Ricardo Quirantes Calvo on 13/10/2021.
Ricardo Quirantes Calvo
Flashcards by Ricardo Quirantes Calvo, updated more than 1 year ago
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(Ciudad-Estado) Independent city ruled by a king that also controlled villages around.
CUNEIFORM (Cuneiforme) Writing system used in Mesopotamia. They wrote by making incisions with a stylus on wet clay tablets.
FLOOD (Inundación/crecida del río) Water which overflows its natural banks onto dry land.
HIEROGLYPHIC (Jeroglífico) Writing system used in Egypt. They expressed sounds, words and ideas through drawing pictograms on papyrus (vegetable fibres).
IRRIGATION (Regadío) Artificial application of water to a land in order to grow crops.
MUMMY (Momia) A dead person prepared for burial.
PHARAOH (Faraón) Egyptian king who had absolute power and ruled in the name of the gods.
RIVER BANK (Orillas o laterales de un río) Land next to a river.
SCRIBE (Escriba) A member of the Egyptian society in charge of writing official documents.
TAX (Impuesto) Money paid to the government.
ZIGGURAT (Zigurat) Mesopotamian temple dedicated to the city’s patron god.
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