ch.2 sec 1&2 Flashcards
the region’s curved shape and the richness of its land led scholars to call it…
fertile crescent
the land facing the Mediterranean Sea became known as…
Mesopotamia
each city and the surrounding land it controlled formed a…
city-state
such a series of rulers from a single family is called…
dynasty
a process in which a new idea or a product spreads from one culture to another is called…
cultural diffusion
a belief in more than one god is called…
polytheism
several peoples, nations or individual states under control of one ruler
empire
the king of the Babylonian Empire
Hammurabi
a broad, marshy, triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the river is called…
delta
King of lower Egypt
Narmer
the egyptian god-kings
pharaoh
a type of government in which rule is based on religious authority is called…
theocracy
for kings of the old kingdom, the resting place after death was…
pyramid
embalming and drying the corpse to prevent it from decaying is called…
mummification
a flexible writing system called…
hieroglyphics
