archaeology

Question 1

accession year

Answer 1

year when a king or queen first comes to power. But before start of calendar year.

Question 2

AD

Answer 2

the year of our Lord (Anno Domini

Question 3

Archaeology

Answer 3

study of history

Question 4

artifact

Answer 4

object made by human being typically an item of cultural or historical context

Question 5

BC

Answer 5

Before the Lords birth

Question 6

carbon dating

Answer 6

process that attempts to date objects once living

Question 7

ceramic

Answer 7

made of clay hardened by heat

Question 8

chronology

Answer 8

the events of something in he order that they happened.

Question 9

debris

Answer 9

scattered pieces of wasted remains

Question 10

EB

Answer 10

early bronze age

Question 11

exile

Answer 11

being forced to leave ones country

Question 12

exodus

Answer 12

mass departure of people

Question 13

hieroglyphs

Answer 13

writing style

Question 14

LB

Answer 14

(latin for pound) Late bronze

Question 15

MB

Answer 15

Middle bronze

Question 16

millennium

Answer 16

a thousand year period

Question 17

non-accession year

Answer 17

the year a king died his son succeeded him on the throne was counted 1 year of his reighn

Question 18

pottery

Answer 18

pots, dishes or other articles made from baked clay.

Question 19

synchronism

Answer 19

the quality or state of being

Question 20

tell

Answer 20

an artificial mound created by the accumulated refuse and deposits of people who lived on the same site over a long period of time.

Question 21

what does the word archaeology mean

Answer 21

“beggining word”

Question 22

why cities where built on hills

Answer 22

for defence

Question 23

when did people first use coins

Answer 23

600 BC

Question 24

asiatic

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people group from Asia

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baulk

Answer 25

a wall of unexcevated earth left beetween excavation trenches to preserve the stratigraphy of a site and help with analysis

Question 26

dowry

Answer 26

a necklace with coins strung on it

Question 27

drachma

Answer 27

ancient Greek coin

Question 28

dynasty

Answer 28

a line of kings descended from one another until a revolution wich starts a new dynasty

Question 29

mastabas

Answer 29

rectangular high roofted tomb with sloping sides that was used in Egypt to bury rulers and high ranking officers

Question 30

Nubia

Answer 30

Ancient civilization in Africa

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Pharaoh

Answer 31

ruler of Egypt like king

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Misr

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Egyptian name for Egypt

Question 33

King Zoser

Answer 33

First Egyptian king to build a pyramid.

Question 34

khufu

Answer 34

built the biggest pyramid in Egypt

Question 35

Hapi

Answer 35

name of Egyptian god of the Nile river

Question 36

Anatolia

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part of modern Turkey

Question 37

bathhouse

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pools and changing rooms

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inscription

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writings carved on rocks or woode

Question 39

Hittites

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strongest nation in the middle east 3000 years ago

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the descendents of the Hittites

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Noah

Question 41

William wright

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wrote the empire of the hittites

Question 42

centurian

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Roman military officer

Question 43

chaldees

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group of people

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nomad

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someone who wonders

Question 45

papyrus

Answer 45

plants that are used to make materials similiar to paper