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Chapter 2 Vocabulary
World History
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Silt | Rich soil |
Cataract | High waterfall, rapids |
Delta | Triangle shaped area (mushy land) |
Dynasty | Ruling family |
Pharaoh | Ruler |
Vizier | Chief minister |
Mummification | Preservation of a dead body |
Hieroglyphics | Egyptian picture writing |
Ideograms | Pictures that symbolize idea or action |
Demotic | Egyptian language 'of the people' |
Papyrus | Reed along the Nile used as paper |
Decipher | Decode |
Hierachy | Social classes: Upper, Middle, Lower |
Ziggurat | Trapezodial temple (not tomb) |
Cuneiform | Wedged-shaped writing on clay tablets |
Codify | To arrange and set down laws in writing |
Criminal law | Robbery, assault, murder |
Civil law | Property inheritance, taxes, marriage, divorce |
Tollerance | Victor 'acceptance' of vanquished |
Satrap | A governor in Persian empire |
Barter Economy | Exchanging a good for agood |
Money Exchange | Exchanging money for agood |
Colony | Territory settled and ruled by foreign people |
Alphabet | Letters that represent spoken sounds |