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Geography CH1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| history | the study of past events and written down |
| prehistory | period of time before written records |
| civilization | the society, culture, and way of life of a particular area |
| patriarchal | relating to or characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men |
| polytheism | belief in more than one god |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| ziggurat | stepped tower dedicated to chief god of a sumerian city |
| pharaoh | most common of the various titles for egyptian monarchs |
| dynasty | a family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the family |
| varna | each of the four hindu castes |
| mesopotamia | region in western asia, in what is now iraq. first civilization, between the rivers |
| india | buddha |
| china | confucious |
| china | lao tzu |
| egypt | ra |
| india | brahma |
| egypt | rameses II |
| israel | YHWH |
| egypt | khufu |
| israel | solomon |
| mesopotamia | hammurabi |
| mesopotamia | sargon |
| india | vishnu |
| egyptian | horus |
| mesopotamia | gilgamesh |
| persia | cyrus the great |
| egypt | isis |
| egypt | anubis |
| india | shiva |
| mesopotamia | the tigris and euphrates fed this ancient civilization |
| egypt | the nile was the chief river of |
| china | the yellow river (huang he) provided water for |
| india | the indus river allowed _________ to grow |
| mesopotamia | cuneiform was the written language of |
| israel | this was the only monotheistic ancient civilization |
| egypt | used pyramids and mummified their dead |
| india | the caste system was the social structure of |
| israel | the social structure of ________ was based on one of 12 tribes |
| mesopotamia | ancient sumer (the city state of Ur) could be found in |
| china | this civilization remained isolated from the rest of the world |
| egypt | used writing called hieroglyphics |
| india | wrote and spoke using sanskrit |
| mesopotamia | used stepped temples called ziggurats |
| iran, iraq, lebanon, syria, and israel | these modern countries are where the fertile crescent was located |
| iran | persia is now the modern country of |
| confucionism and daoism | were the two main philosophies/religions of china |
| jerusalem | the capital and main city of the israelites |
| iron | the assyrian empire introduced tools and weapons made from |
| Ur and Babylon | two main cities located in mesopotamia |
| royal road | a communication and transportation system developed by darius the great |
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