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ancient civ. Sandee
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bureaucracy | a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected represenatives |
| Hierarchy | a system of organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority |
| cuneiform | relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets |
| scribe | job that knows to read and write. mainly in egypt |
| polythesim | believed in many gods |
| aqyaducts | an artificial channel for conveying water. Built/created in ancient rome |
| monotheism | believed in only one god |
| hieroglyphics | a way of writing. drawings that meant something |
| artisan | a worker in skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand |
| dynasty | family of rulers. Egypt |
| democracy | a system of gov. in which power is vested in the people,m who rule either directly of through freely elected representatives. |
| reupblic | a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch |
| legions | unit of men in the ancient roman army |
| "modern day Iraq" | Mesopotamia |
| Organized gov. = egypt | Pharo ruled gov. then came the vizer |
| Organized gov. = greece | city states had a hard time functioning because of their geography Athens was the first to try demcracy |
| Organized gov. = rome | republic |
| Religion = egypt | polytheistic Aman Ray- sun god |
| Religion= Mesopotamia | polytheistic |
| Organized gov= Mesopotamia | Hammurabi |
| religion= greece | polytheistic |
| Religion= rome | polytheistic then switched to Christianity in 0 A.D. |
| Job specialization= MEsopotamia | People who created canals= most important |
| Job Spec.= Rome | military |
| Social Classes= Egypt | slaves were everuything |
| Social classes= Rome | Highly hierarchal |
| Art/ Architecture = rome | pillars and archs |
| Public works= egypt | Pyramids, sphinx |
| PW= Mesopotaia | first real vehical |
| PW= rome | aquaducts, cloaca maxima, coliseum |
| writing= Mesopotamia | cuneiform, rosetta stone |
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