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Lachowsky PAW C.2
Prentice Hall Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fertile Crescent | Region of the Middle East in which civilizations first arose. |
| Mesopotamia | Region within the Fertile Crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates River. |
| The Epic of Gilgamesh | Mesopotamian narrative poem told in Sumer. |
| Hierarchy | The upper level of a social class system. |
| Ziggurat | A large stepped platform thought to have been topped by a temple dedicated to a city's chief god or goddess. |
| Cuneiform | A system of writing that used wedged shaped marks. |
| Hammurabi | King of Babylon who codified law. |
| Codify | To arrange and set down the laws that govern the state in writing |
| Barter Economy | Exchange of one set of goods for another. |
| Money Economy | System where goods and services are paid for by the exchange of some token of value (coinage. |
| Delta | A triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers. |
| Dynasty | A ruling family. |
| Pharaoh | Egyptian king. |
| Bureaucracy | System of government that includes different job functions and levels of authority. |
| Vizier | Chief minister to the Pharaoh who supervised the business of government. |
| Hatshesput | First female ruler in Egypt. |
| Ramses II | Pharaoh of the New Kingdom who empire built as far as Syria. |
| Osiris | A god of Egypt who was killed by his brother and his wife brought him back to life and became god of the dead judging the afterlife. |
| Isis | Osiris wife. |
| Akhenaton | Tried to create a monotheistic religion in Egypt worshiping Aton. |
| Mummification | Preservation of dead bodies. |
| Hieroglyphics | A form of writing where pictures or symbols represent objects, concepts, or sounds. |
| Papyrus | A plant that grows along the Nile the Egyptians used to write on. |
| Rosetta Stone | Stone monomument that includes the same passage in hieroglyphic, demotic script, and Gree,. |
| Monotheistic | Belief in one God. |
| Polytheistic | Belief in many gods. |
| Torah | Sacred text of Judism. |
| Abraham | Considered the father of the Israelite people. |
| Covenant | Promise or an agreement. |
| Moses | Renewed God's covenant with the Israelites. |
| David | Second King of Israel who united the tribes into a single nation. |
| Soloman | Son of David who made Jerusalem impressive and was know to be extremely wise. |
| Patriarchal | Men hold the greatest legal and moral authority. |
| Sabbath | Holy day for Judism. |
| Prophet | Spiritual leader who interpreted God's will. |
| Diaspora | Spreading out of the Jews due to exile or persecution. |
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