Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt

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Mesopotamia Name means and "land between the rivers"; where the first civilizations began; present day Iraq and Syria
Fertile Crescent the region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape; Known as the CRadle of Civilization
polyesthic the belief in MANY Gods; Ancient Sumerians believed in over 3000 Gods
Ziggurat the massive platform that the sumerians built their religious temples on.
theocracy means "rule by God"; describes a governement where the ruler is the thought to be a God. example- Ancient Egypt.
cuneiform 1st writing system developed byt the sumeritans
Hammurabi's Law Code !st written laws; given to people of Ancient Babylon by King HAmmurabi; very strict laws based on principle of an eye for eye; tooth for a tooth
patriarchal society dominated by men
Nile River the longest river in the world; Egypt is often called the "Gift of the Nile"; Egyptians depended on the Nile for everything
Inundation the annual flooding of the Nile river. the flooded river leaves behind fertile mud
silt Rich black mud left behind from the flooding of the Nile
King Memes King who united Lower&Upper Egypt around 3100 BC
dynasty means "great house of"; a family of rules
Pharaoh name for Egyptian king
"KA" ancient Eygptians thought that when someone died the ka or the life force, left the phyiscal body; the KA could drink
sarcophagus the outer layer of protection for a royal mummywith several layers of coffins nested within
King Khufu earned everlasting fame for being the pharaoh responsible for the great pyramid at Giza which he built to serve as his tomb
The Great Pyramid largest of the 3 pyramids at Giza; built by King Khufu; the only the only monument of the 7 wonders of the ancient world to survive
King Khufu's boat Discovered in 1952 buried under the great pyramid, It would be King Khufu's spirit across the sky to be with Ra, the sun God
Great Sphinx One of the largest and oldest statues in the world. Archeologists believe that it was carved around 2500bc and that the head is meant to be the likeness of the Pharaoh Khafra
hieroglyphics Egyptian picture writing
The Rosetta Stone a stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek), using three
Dynasty means "great house of", a family of rulers
Pharaoh Name for Egyptian King
"Ka" Ancient Egyptians thought that when someone died the Ka, or the lifr force, left the physical body; the Ka could drink and eat, but was stuck in the tomb in the body of the mummy or the small statues that were left in the tomb
"Ba" The Ba was the part of the soul that embarked on a journey to follow the Gods, the symbol of the Ba is often shown as a bird with a human head and wings.
Mummification It was very important to Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs that the human body was preserved. Their method of preserving the body was called mummification. the process lasted up to 70 days
Canopic Jars Containers used to hold the internal organs of the deceased that was going to be mummified the had lids shaped as the heads of the 4 sons of Horus
Hyksos Invaded Egypt and ruled for 200 years introduced the horse drawn chariot
Hatshepsut First Great woman ruler in history, she ruled Egypt as king not queen. Sculptures and masks show her with a false beard
Akhenaten Rejected the traditional religion in favor of worshiping the Aten or sun disc, after whom he renamed himself. he closed all the temples to the temples to the old Gods and obliterated their names from monuments
King Tut 17 year old boy Paraoh whose tombed survived untouched

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