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World History 1
River Civilizations Vocabulary review
Term | world's first alphabet |
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polytheistic | belief in many gods |
Tigris and Euphrates | rivers in Mesopotamia |
ziggurat | temple built by Mesopotamians |
hieroglyphics | Egyptian alphabet |
papyrus | paper made from papyrus plant |
pharoah | Egyptian king |
pyramid | tombs for Egyptian rulers and pharoahs |
Nile River | this river allowed Egyptians and Nubians to irrigate their crops. |
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa | two large cities in Indus River Valley |
Egypt | large civilization along the Nile River |
Indus River | runs through part of India |
indoor plumbing | pipes and canals used to carry water to bathouses in Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa |
Huang He river | also known as Yellow River because of the color of silt it left behind after a flood. |
Shang Dynasty | China's earliest dynasty |
scribe | a professional writer |
Oracle Bones | earliest Chinese alphabet was written on shells and bones |
monarchy | any government ruled by a king/queen |
dynasty | a government ruled by a family of rulers |
India | the Indus River runs through part of this country |
calendars | invented by Mesopotamian civilizations |
Nubians/Kingdom of Kush | civilization south of Egypt, they traded and fought with the Egyptians |
Himalayan mountains | natural boundary located north of the Indus River valley |
Sumerians | world's first civilization, located in Mesopotamia |
cuneiform | world's first alphabet, invented by the Sumerians |
irrigation | the watering of land to make it ready for agriculture; building canals is a form of this. |
bronze | was used to make weapons, jewelry, and art in the Shang Dynasty |