Chapter 2 Sections 1-2 Flashcards
what is the crescent shaped land mass located in the middle east that was home to the first civilizations on the planet.
Fertile Crescent
The area between the Tigris and Euphrates River
Mesopotamia
a city and it’s surrounding land
city-state
a series of rulers from a single family
dynasty
the process in which a new idea or product spreads from one culture to another
cultural diffusion
the belief where there is more than one god
polytheism
something that brings together several peoples, nations, or previously independent states under one control
empire
The ruler of Babylon that made the first written laws
Hammurabi
a broad, marshy, triangular area of land reformed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the river.
delta
A king of upper Egypt
Narmer
The Egyptian God-kings
pharaoh
a government ruled religiously
theocracy
A way Egyptians preserved bodies
mummification
a system of writing used by the Egyptians
hieroglyphics
a paper like substance made from reeds
papyrus
