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Ancient Civ Vocab
Early Civilization Key Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The belief in many gods | Polytheism |
| The belief in one god | Monotheism |
| A traditional, often ancient, story about ones religion | Myth |
| A symbol used to represent a word in ancient Egyptian writing | Hieroglyph |
| An ancient Egyptian king | Pharaoh |
| Fertile soil found at the bottom of a river | Silt |
| Life after death | Afterlife |
| The fertile area of land at the end of a river | Delta |
| Land between two river | Mesopotamia |
| A temple for a god | Ziggurat |
| Wedge-shaped form of writing | Cuneiform |
| A set of laws for the people of Babylon | Hammurabi's Code |
| A way to organize people by similar characteristics or roles they play in society | Social Structure |