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World History 1
River Civilizations Vocabulary review
| Term | world's first alphabet |
|---|---|
| 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 |