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
