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FC Quiz 1
Fertile Crescent Quiz 1
Term | Definition |
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dialects | Local forms of language |
hieroglyphics | The writing from Ancient Egypt |
cuneiform | The writing from Sumer |
Scribes | The people who wrote in Sumer and Egypt. |
papyrus | What Egyptians wrote hieroglyphics on |
clay | What Sumerians wrote cuneiform on. |
Pharoah | the leader of Ancient Egypt |
majority group | The group that controls most of the wealth and power |
The vizier | the chief advisor to the leader of Ancient Egypt. |
Slaves | had the least power in both Ancient Sumer and Egypt. |
ziggurats. | The temples of Sumer |
walls | these surrounded Sumerian city-states |
Farmers and laborers | the largest social groups (by size) in Egypt and Sumer. |
two floor | the homes of Wealthy Sumerians |
one floor | the homes of most Sumerians |
three ways people communicate | sounds, symbols, gestures |