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| Mesopotamia | an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq. |
| Fertile Crescent | semicircle of fertile land stretching from Se coast of Mediterranean around Syrian Dessert N of Arabia to Persian Gulf. |
| Polytheistic | belief in or worship of more than one god. |
| Ziggurat | an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower consisting of lofty pyramidal structure built in successive stages with outside staircases or object of similar form. |
| Theocracy | a form of government in which a country is ruled by religious leaders. |
| Cuneiform | relating to or written in a system of writing used in ancient Mesopotamia. |
| Hammurabi's Law Code | a well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Iraq, formerly Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1772 BC. It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world. |
| Patriarchal | of, related to, or characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men. |
| Nile River | the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization. |
| Inundation | the annual flooding of the Nile River. The flood river leaves behind rich fertile soil. |
| Silt | fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbor. |
| King Menes | King of Egypt who united Upper and Lower Egypt, thus founding Egypt's first dynasty. |
| Dynasty | A family line of hereditary rulers of a country. |
| Pharaoh | a ruler in ancient Egypt. |
| "ba" | the human body of an Egyptian Dead. |
| "ka" | a spiritual body for the Egyptian Dead. |
| Mummification | a process in which the skin and flesh of a corpse can be preserved. |
| Canopic Jars | a covered urn in ancient Egyptian burials to hold the entrails from an embalmed body. |
| Sarcophagus | a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece. |
| The Great Pyramid | a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt. |
| King Khufu's Boat | The Khufu's ship is an intact full-size vessel from Ancient Egypt that was sealed into a pit in the Giza Pyramid complex at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza around 2500 BC. The ship now is preserved in the Giza Solar Boat Museum. |
| Great Sphinx | The Great Sphinx is a large Human-headed lion that was carved from a mound of natural rock. It is located in Giza where it guards the front of Khafra's Pyramid. |
| Hieroglyphics | a stylized picture of an object representing a word, syllable, or sound, as found in ancient Egyptian and other writing systems. |
| Hyksos | people of mixed Semitic and Asian descent who invaded Egypt and settled in the Nile delta circa 1640 BC. They formed the 15th and 16th dynasties of Egypt and ruled a large part of the country until driven out circa 1532 BC. |
| Thutmose | flourished 1500 BC, Egyptian ruler |
| King Tut | 14th century B.C, A king of Egypt of the 18th dynasty, who died young, got made a gold mask. |
| Ramses II | king of ancient Egypt. His reign was marked by war with Hittites and the construction of many colossal monuments , esp the Rock temple at Abu Simbel |
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