grotonglobal9ch2 Word Scramble
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term or name | definition/details |
city-state | political order of Mesopotamia |
theocracy | when gov't and religion are tightly connected |
monarchy | gov't run by a king or queen |
polytheistic | belief in many gods or goddesses |
dynasty | job of king or ruler is inherited or passed down in family |
economy | having to do with good made and how they are obtained |
Mesopotamia | means land between two rivers |
Fertile Crescent | nickname for Mesopotamia |
Euphrates and Tigris | names of major rivers in Mesopotamia |
Sumer | southern region of Mesopotamia first settled |
Babylon | Hammurabi's home town and a capital of the empire for several kings |
ziggurat | term for temple built in Mesopotamia |
divine right | many ancient kings claimed their right to rule came from gods |
agriculture | early and most important industry in Mesopotamia-means farming |
copper, silver, and gold | first metals to be used in Mesopotamia |
Iraq | modern name of Mesopotamia |
Sargon | empire builder and conqueror of Mesopotamia |
Hammurabi | outdid Sargon and also built big empire |
Code of Hammurabi | 282 strict written laws left by Hammurabi |
stele | black basalt stone monument with laws on it |
scribe | an official writer |
Enki | god of water of Meso |
Ishtar | love goddess |
Epic of Gilgamesh | great Meso story of flood |
patriarchal | father head of family |
patrilineal | father head of family-get his name |
cuneiform | wedge writing of Meso |
Black Land | Egyptian name for fertile land near Nile |
Nile | river of Egypt-longest in world |
natural barriers | natural features that deter invaders |
Menes | king to united land into Egyptian kingdom |
Khufu | most famous king built pyramids |
Giza | city where great pyramids are built |
pyramid | tomb for dead kings |
pharaoh | mean king or great house |
vizier | advisor to king like a vice prez |
Hyksos | invaders with chariots who conquered Egypt for a time |
bronze | metal learned from Hyksos used to make chariots and better weapons |
Hatshepsut | first Egyptian women to rule and first women in world to rule |
regent | temporary ruler |
King Tut | boy king with great tomb |
Ramses | let Hebrews finally leave Egypt |
hieroglypics | picture writing of Egypt |
papyrus | stuff Egypt wrote on |
Minos | King of Crete or Minoans |
Palace of Knossus | great palace of Minoans |
nomads | people who go from place to place usually herd animals |
cultural diffusion | spread of ideas and goods done by nomads |
Phoenicians | sailors and traders who hooked us on phonics! |
colony | Phoenicians sent people to live and run areas out of Phoenicia to help with trade |
purple | made Phoenicans lots of money |
alphabet | greatest gift of Phoencians to world besides purple! |
Judaism | religion of the Hebrews |
monotheism | belief in one god |
Yahweh | Hebrew word for God |
Torah | holy book of Judaism also Old Testament |
Ten Commandments | 10 rules to live by given by Yahweh |
synogogue | Jewish temple |
covenent | belief that if Jews lived by Yahweh's rules that he would take care of h is chosen people |
prophets | holy messengers used by Yahweh to deliver messages |
Solomon | wise and beloved king of Hebrews |
Assyrians | first with large armies with iron weapons |
siege warfare | tactic of Assyrians to destroy and torture everything and everyone |
Iran | modern day name for Persian |
Cyrus the Great | wise and mercyful Persian king-conquered and used methods and knowledge of all cultures |
Darius the Great | tightened set up of Persian gov't and roads |
Zoroastrianism | Persian monotheistic religion |
Zoroaster | founder of Zoroastrian religion |
Zend Avesta | holy book of Zoroastrian religion |
Ahuramazda | 1 god of Zoroastrianism |
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