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6th Chap. 7 Vocab
6th Chap. 7 Growth and Achievement of Ancient Mesopotamia Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| afterlife | life after death |
| theocracy | a government run by religious leaders and religious laws |
| mummification | the process of drying out a body, thus preserving it |
| slave | a person held captive and forced to work without pay |
| papyrus | a paper-like material made from a reed plant |
| scribe | a person trained to write and keep records |
| pharaoh | a powerful ruler in Egypt |
| sarcophagus | an Egyptian coffin |
| polytheistic | believing in or worshiping more than one god |
| ruling class | a high-ranked group of people who make laws for a society |
| pyramid | a massive Egyptian monument with a rectangular base and triangular sides that meet at a point |