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Ch. 1 and 2 Review
Review of material from Chapters 1 and 2
Term | Definition |
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Sargon | King of the Akkadians |
Hammurabi | Created the first law code containing laws and consequences |
prehistory | time before writing was developed |
fossil | trace of plants or animals that have been preserved in rock |
technology | tools that make performing tasks easier |
nomads | people who move from place to plance |
civilization | complex society with government, art, religion, and a writing system |
Mesopotamia | Greek for "land between the rivers" |
cuneiform | Sumerian writing system |
cataracts | wild rapids in the Nile River |
Nile River | River that flows through Egypt |
Mediterranean Sea | The Nile River empties into this body of water |
Giza | The Great Pyramid and Sphinx are located here |
Narmer | Man who united Upper and Lower Egypt |
embalming | the process of preparing a body for mummification |
Horus | The Egyptians believed their pharaoh was this god |
Hatshepsut | The first female Egyptian pharaoh |
Akhenaton | Amenhotep IV changed his name to this |
Tutankhamen | Howard Carter found this pharaoh's tomb in 1922 |