River Civilizations Unit 1 Flashcards
World first economy, based on trade
Barter economy
A family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on through the family
Dynasty
Identify a ziggurat
Square temple
First form of writing, ifentify on tablet
Cuneiform
Using pictures as symbols for words
Hieroglyphics
Believing in 1 god
Monotheism
Believing in 1 or more God
Polytheism
Religious government
Theocracy
A city that acts like a small country. Political and economic control over surrounding countryside
City-state
When a cultural trait, material, object is spread to surrounding lands
Cultural diffusion
What’s fertile farming land in Egypt
Black land
What is desert non arable land in Egypt
Red land
Memorizes and write important text and everyday things
Scribes
A leading “founding father”
Dominantly ruled by men
Patriarch
Picture of pyramids
Great pyramids of Giza
Rosetta Stone
Used to translate hieroglyphs
Who found the tomb of Ur and Moab stone inside
Woolley
Sargon
Created first empire
Created first empire
Sargon
United upper and lower Egypt
Menes
Menes
United upper and lower Egypt
What did Nebuchadnezzar create?
Hanging gardens of Babylon
Cyrus the great
After conquering Babylon, Allowed the Jews to return to Israel
Champollion
Translated hieroglyphics from the Rosetta Stone
Girl pharaoh who dressed as guy, 1st female pharaoh
Hatshepsut
King tut
Most complete tomb
Most complete tomb
King tut
King tuts dad
Amenhotep
Married to Amenhotep very beautiful
Nefertiti
Ramses the great
Reigned the longest
Reigned the longest (pharaoh)
Ramses the great
The law giver/liberator
Moses
Moses
Law giver/liberator
Whag 3 religions did Abraham giveaway to?
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Found king tuts tomb
Howard Carter
What does Mesopotamia mean
The land between 2 rivers
What is a nickname for Mesopotamia
The Fertile Crescent
Most important first by the Sumerians
The wheel
First form of writing (cuneiform)
Why is it called the Neolithic revolution
Means “new rock” new farming tools were made
What is a nickname for assarian Kings
Lion kings
What did the Jews write as a result of the Babylonian captivity
Talmud
Torah
What are the 3 Egyptian time periods and accomplishments
Old kingdom-great pyramids at Giza
Middle Kingdom:
New kingdom:
Why is the Neolithic revolution possible
Glacier melted, earth began to warm
Name 3 unique features of the Nile
Flows south to north
Predictable flooding
Longest river in the world
Strides during Neolithic revolution
Domestication of animals
Immunity to genetic diseases
First civilizations