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World History: Unit1
Sydney Huynh
Term | Definition |
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Citadel | A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle |
Monotheism | Belief in a single God |
Theocracy | The belief in government by divine guidance |
Narmer | King of Upper Egypt, conquered lower Egypt and made it united |
Neolithic Revolution | A change that began in the Middle East that occurred about 10,000 years ago where people moved from hunting and gathering tribes to the beginning of civilization |
Irrigation Ditches | Channels created to re-route water from one source to farmland |
Ur | An important Sumerian city-state |
Polytheism | Belief in multiple Gods |
City-States | A self governing city that also governs nearby villages |
Rosetta Stone | Large stone that has hieroglyphics, a second Egyptian language, and Greek written on it that allowed people to translate hieroglyphics |
Bartering | Exchange goods without involving money |
The Fertile Crescent | Land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers containing dark, rich soil |
Slash and Burn | A method of cultivating crops, by cutting down old crops and burning the remains |
Sumer | The site of the earliest known civilization; located in Mesopotamia, in present-day southern Iraq; later became Babylonia |
Nomads | A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons |
Agriculture | Farming |
Hammurabi's Code | The first known written set of laws for a civilization |
Bronze Age | The period (3000 B.C. to 1200 B.C.) in which people discovered how to combine metals to make alloys |
Domestication | Adaptation to intimate association with human beings |
Sargon of Fakkad | King of Akkadian and possibly Assyria believed to responsible for conquering Sumer and creating the first empire |
Papyrus | Paper made of a tall reedy plant that grows in the Nile River |
Hieroglyphics | A writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt |
Amorites | Nomadic Warriors that settled and established Babylon |
Ziggurat | A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians |
Silt | Mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake |