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Question | Answer |
Mesopotamia | Name means land between the rivers. |
Theocracy | Means rule by god. |
Dynasty | Means great house of a family or rulers. |
Hieroglyphics | Egyptian picture writing. |
Pharaoh | Name for Egyptian King. |
Patriarchal | Describes a society dominated by men. |
Hyksos | Invaded Egypt and ruled for 200 years. |
Hatashepsut | First great woman ruler in history. |
Polytheistic | Belief in many Gods. |
Mummification | It was very important to ancient Egyptian religious beliefs that the human body was preserved. |
Great Sphinx | One of the world's largest and oldest statues in the world. |
The Rosetta Stone | A stone with writing on it in two languages. |
Akhenaten | Rejected the traditional religion in favor of worshiping the Aten, or sun disc, after whom he renamed himself. |
Papyrus | Reed like plant that grows on the Nile River Ancient Egyptians used to write on. |
Cultural Diffusion | The spreading of ideas from one culture to another culture. |
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