chapter 2: sections 1 &2 Flashcards
vocab
an arc of rich farmland in Southwest Asia, between the Persian Gulf and and the Mediterranean Sea.
Fertile Crescent
plain known as the “land between the rivers”
Mesopotamia
a city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit.
city-state
a series of rulers from a single family.
dynasty
the spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another.
cultural diffusion
belief in more than one god.
polytheism
a political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler.
empire
contribution on western society was his set of laws
Hammurabi
a marshy region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the river.
delta
king who created crowns.
Narmer
a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.
Pharaoh
a government in which the ruler is viewed as a divine figure/ controlled by religious leaders.
theocracy
massive structure with a rectangular base and triangle sides built for burial places
pyramid
a process of embalming and drying corpses to prevent them from decaying
mummification
an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds.
hieroglyphics
tall reed that grows in the Nile delta, used as many materials
papyrus
