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Early River Valley
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pharaoh | The Egyptian leaders or kings that were seen as gods, as splendid and powerful as those in heaven |
| Delta | A marshy region formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of a river (such as the Nile's) |
| Dynasty | A series of rulers from a single family |
| Silt | Fine sand or clay carried by running water and deposited as a sediment |
| Vizier | A prime minister in a Muslim kingdom or empire |
| Mummification | A process of embalming and drying corpses in Egypt to prevent them from decay, used to preserve royal and elite Egyptians |
| Hieroglyphics | The form of writing developed by Egyptian scribes, pictures stand for ideas |
| Papyrus | A better surface for writing (hieroglyphics) developed by Egyptians |
| Ziggurat | A tiered, pyramid-shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple |
| Hierarchy | A system of organization in which people or groups are ranked above each other |
| Cuneiform | A system of writing with wedge-shaped symbols, invented by the Sumerians around 3000 BC |
| Barter economy | An economy where goods and services are exchanged rather than using money |
| Civil law | Law concerned with civil rights |
| Polytheism | The belief in multiple gods |
| Hammurabi | The leader of the Babylonian empire at its height |
| Fertile Crescent | An arc of land that provides some of the best farming in Southwest Asia |
| Theocracy | A government in which rule is based on religious authority such as in Ancient Egypt |
| Pyramid | The resting place after death for Egyptian pharaohs, immense structures that were started in the Old Kingdom |
| Monsoon | Seasonal winds that dominate India's climate |
| Mesopotamia | An early river valley civilization |
| Cultural diffusion | The spreading of ideas and such throughout cultures |
| Subcontinent | A large landmass that forms a distinct part of a continent (sometimes used to describe India) |
| Loess | Silt/fertile soil that is yellowish and deposited when rivers overflow and it is also blown by winds from deserts |
| Oracle bone | Animal bones and tortoise shells that priests scratched questions for gods on |
| Mandate of Heaven | A divine approval from heaven for judge rulers/dynasties |
| Dynastic cycle | How historians describe the rise/decline and replacement of dynasties |
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