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Ch. 1 and 2 Review
Review of material from Chapters 1 and 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |