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chapter 2 vocabulary
world history
Term | Definition |
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silt | very rich soil used for farming |
cataract | high waterfall rapid water |
delta | triangle shaped area marshy flatland |
dynasty | ruling family |
pharaoh | ruler Per Ao means great house |
vizier | chief minister |
Mummification | preservation of dead body put them in tombs |
Hieroglyphics | Egyptian picture writing |
Ideogram | Pictures that symbolize idea or action |
demotic | Egyptian language of the people demos means people |
papyrus | reed along Nile used as paper |
decipher | decode |
hierarchy | social classes: upper, middle, lower. |
ziggurat | trapezoidal temple (not tomb) |
cuneiform | wedged-shaped writing on clay tablets |
codify | to arrange and set down laws in writing. |
criminal law | robbery, assault, murder. |
civil law | property inheritance, taxes, marriage, divorce. |
tolerance | victor ‘acceptance’ of vanquished. |
satrap | a governor in Persian empire. |
barter economy | exchange good for another good. |
money economy | exchange ‘money’ for a good. |
colony | territory settled and ruled by foreign people |
alphabet | letters that represent spoken sounds. |
monotheistic | belief in one god. |
covenant | a binding agreement. |
patriarchal | father is head of family. |
Sabbath | - holy day for rest and worship. |
prophet | spiritual leader |
ethics | moral standards |
diaspora | scattering of people |