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chapter 15

North Africa

TermDefinition
coffin sarcophagus
a stone monument built as a tomb in ancient Egypt pyramid
a source of energy that uses flowing water to produce electricity hydroelectric power
an ancient system of writing that uses pictures and symbols hieroglyphics
a series of rulers from the same family dynasty
a burial place tomb
a king in ancient Egypt pharaoh
a god or goodness deity
a paper-like material invented in ancient Egypt papyrus
the low-lying land next to rivers, formed by sediment left by flooding floodplain
center of civilization from which ideas and technology spread pligriame
an independent state made up of a city and the territories depending on it city-state
spreading out diffusion
the earliest known form of writing from Sumeria cuneiform
the acceptance of different religions to be practiced at the same time, without prejudice religions tolerance
related to a religions belief in one god or diety monotheistic
a leader or savior messiah
a period in which humans began to grow crops instead of gathering plants agricultural revolution
follower of a religion, cause, or person adherent
to keep and use animals as a source of labor and food domesticate
a leader or ruler of the ottoman empire sultan
a fertile place with water in a dry desert area oasis
the process of redircting water to crop through channels and ditches irrigation
cannot reproduce quickly enough to keep up with its use nonrenewable
raw materials used to produce oil petroleum
a gudual transformation from fertile to less productive land desertification
fine particles of soil deposited along riverbanks silt
a human-made underground tunnel on the Iranian platueau used for carrying water from the mountains qanat
flat area of land next to a stream of river that floods alluvial plain
very dry, having almost no rainfall arid
fracture in earth crust fault
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