Chapter 1-2 Flashcards
An arc of rich farmland in SW Asia, between Persian gulf and Mediterranean Sea
Fertile Crescent
word meaning, “land between the rivers.”
Mesopotamia
A city and the surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit
City-state
Series of rulers from a single family
Dynasty
The process where new ideas spread from one place to another
Cultural diffusion
The belief in multiple gods
Polytheism
A collection of people, nations, and previously independent states under one ruler
Empire
Ruled the Babylonian empire in 1792-1750 BC
Hammurabi
A broad, marshy, triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river
Delta
A king of Egypt who supposedly united Upper and lower Egypt
Narmer
An Egyptian god-king, they were said to be as splendid as gods of the heavens
Pharaoh
A type of gov’t that is ruled by a religious authority
Theocracy
The tomb for kings; an immense structure
Pyramid
The way royal and elite Egyptian bodies were preserved
Mummification
The writing system Egyptians used; comes from Greek, “Sacred carving.”
Hieroglyphics
A paperlike sheet that the Egyptians used to write on after stone.
Papyrus
Highly mobile people who moved from place to place
Nomads
Nomatic groups whose food supply depends on hunting/gathering
Hunter-gatherers
Beginning of farming
Neolithic Revolution
Cutting trees/greenery and burned them to create a field
Slash-and-burn farming
Taming of animals
Domestication
Human made objects; tools and jewlery
Artifacts
A people’s unique way of life
Culture
Humans or creatures that walk upright
Hominids
