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Ch. 10 Sec 1: Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt
vocabulary and important things to know
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Geography
7th Grade
04/03/2012

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Civilization
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to describe highly deeloped cultures
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City-State
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city and its surrounding country side
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Polytheism
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worships of many gods or goddesses instead of just one god
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Theocracy
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government controlled by religious leaders
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Cuneiform
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Sumerian writing systemusing wedge shaped symbols pressed into clay tablets
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Empire
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group of states under one ruler
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Delta
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fan-shaped fertile area
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Pharoah
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ruler of ancient egypt
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Pyramids
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huge stone structuresmthat served as an elaborate tomb or monument for Pharoah's
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Hieroglyphics
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Form of writing using signs and symbols
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Papyrus
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egyptian paper
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Sun  God
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Re
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River God
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Hapi
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Sky God
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Horus
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God of harvest and eternal life
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Osiris
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First female pharoah
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Hatsheptsut
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The worlds longest river and where the egyptian civilization rose
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Nile River
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Believed to be the worlds first written story
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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Babylon's Greatest King
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Hammurabi
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Where were the first cities and schools located?
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Mesopotamia
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In the center of each city was a large, steplike tower called a ______?
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Ziggurat
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First people to write down laws and keep lists and records?
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The Sumerians
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Mesopotamia religion was based on?
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Polytheism
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Mesopotamia was located between what two rivers?
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Tigris River and Euphrates River
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