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Chapter 2 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Silt | Rich soil carried by flooding river. |
Cataract | Waterfall. |
Delta | Triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers. |
Dynasty | Ruling Family |
Pharaoh | Title of the rulers of ancient Egypt. |
Vizier | Chief Minister who supervised the business of government in ancient Egypt. |
Mummification | Practice of preserving the bodies of the dead. |
Hieroglyphics | Form of picture writing developed by the ancient Egyptians. |
Ideogram | Picture that symbolizes an idea or action. |
Demotic | System of ancient Egyptian writing, simpler than hieroglyphics, that was developed for everyday us. |
Papyrus | Plant the grows along the banks of the Nile; used by the ancient Egyptians to make paperlike material. |
Decipher | Decode. |
Hierarchy | Social classes: upper, middle, lower. |
Ziggurat | Trapezoidal 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. |
Tolerance | Victor ‘acceptance’ of vanquished. |
Satrap | A governor in Persian empire. |
Barter Economy | Exchange good for another good. |
Money Economy | Exchange ‘money’ for a good. |
Colony | Territory settled and ruled by foreign people. |
Alphabet | Letters that represent spoken sounds. |
Monotheistic | Belief in one god. |
Covenant | A binding agreement. |
Patriarchal | Father is head of family. |
Sabbath | Holy day for rest and worship. |
Prophet | Spiritual leader. |
Ethics | Moral standards. |
Diaspora | Scattering of people. |