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history quiz 1:egypt
quiz 10/3/22
Term | Definition |
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what progressivist argument about the agricultural revolution is the author, jared diamond *challenging* (or against)? | human history over the past million years has been a long tale of progress |
specialization | the development of skills in a specific kind of work |
artisans | skilled workers who make goods by hand |
institution | long-lasting pattern of organizations in a community |
scribes | professional record keepers |
cuneiform | a system of writing created in 3000 BC, where the scribe’s tool, called a stylus, was a sharpened reed with a wedge-shaped point. It was pressed into moist clay to create symbols. Scribes baked their clay tablets in the sun to preserve the writing. |
Bronze Age | refers to the time when people began using bronze, rather than copper and stone, to fashion tools and weapons. |
barter | way of trading goods and services without money |
ziggurat | tiered structure that towers over the city, pyramid-shaped monument, used for rituals |
delta | wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water |
Narmer | king who supposedly united Upper and Lower Egypt |
pharaohs | Egyptian god-kings, who were were thought to be almost as splendid and powerful as the gods of the heavens. |
theocracy | type of government in which rule is based on religious authority |
pyramid | immense structure that was the resting place after death |
mummification | the way that Royal and elite Egyptians’ bodies were preserved, that involves embalming and drying the corpse to prevent it from decaying |
hieroglyphyics | simple pictographs, means "sacred carvings" and egyptians' flexible writing system |
papyrus | writing surface that was used in the time (basically old-age paper) grew in the marshy delta, split the reeds into narrow strips, placed them crosswise in two layers, dampened them, and then pressed them, as it dried the plant’s sap glued the strips toget |
5 characteristics that define civilization | advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology |