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World History
Chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Silt | Rich Soil |
| Cataract | high waterfalls, rapids |
| Delta | triangle-shaped area (marshy flatland) |
| Dynasty | ruling family |
| Pharaoh | Ruler |
| Vizier | Chief Minster |
| Mummification | Preservation of a dead body |
| hieroglyphics | Egyptian picture writing |
| ideogram | pictures that symbolize idea or action |
| Demotic | Egyptian language of the people |
| Papyrus | reed along Nile used as paper |
| 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. |