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Chapter 1

Chapter 1 AP World History AHS

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Avesta The holy book of the Zoroastrian religion.
Chavin Early Peruvian Amerindian culture.
Cuneiform Mesopotamian wedge-shaped writing begun by the Sumerians.
Gilgamesh One of the earliest epics in world literature, originating in prehistoric Mesopotamia.
Hieroglyphics Early Egyptian writing consisting of pictographs and symbols for letters and syllables.
Hittites An Indo-European people prominent in Anatolia (present-day Turkey) around 1200 b.c.e
Hyksos A people who invaded the Nile delta in Egypt and ruled it during the Second Intermediate Period around 1600 b.c.e.
Isis A chief Egyptian goddess with strong creative and nurturing associations.
Kush Kingdom in northeast Africa that had close relations with Egypt for several centuries in the pre-Christian epoch.
Mycenaeans An early and rich Greek culture centered on Mycenae and other cities that was destroyed by the "Sea Peoples" and the influx of Dorians from the north.
Nineveh The main city and later capital of the Assyrian Empire.
Osiris A chief Egyptian god, ruler of the underworld.
Persepolis With Ecbatana, one of the capitals of the Persian Empire in the 500s b.c.e.
Tel el Amarna The site of great temple complexes along the Nile River in Egypt; Akhenaton´s capital.
ziggurat a massive stepped tower upon which a temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of a Sumerian city was built.
Zoroastrianism A religion founded by the Persian Zoroaster in the seventh century b.c.e.; characterized by worship of a supreme god, Ahura Mazda, who represents the good against the evil spirit, identified as Ahriman.
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