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World History Vocab
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History
9th Grade
09/13/2012

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Mesopotamia
Definition
Found between the two rivers,tigris and euphrates.
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polytheism
Definition
believing in only one God.
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Delta
Definition
the fourth letter of the greek letter
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Hieroglyphic
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designating or pertaining to a photographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
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Palestine
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an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.
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Phoenicians
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the extinct Semitic language of the Phoenicians.
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Cuneiform
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having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
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Fertile Crescent
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an area of fertile land in the Middle East, extending around the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates
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Narmer
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a king of Egypt identified by modern scholars as the Menes of tradition and depicted as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt on an ancient slate tablet
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Paprus
Definition
paper made from plant reeds
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Torah
Definition
law or instruction
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Sumerian
Definition
Egypt's language
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Hammurabi's law code
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an eye for an eye
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City State
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state with many cities
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pharaoh
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king of egypt
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reincarnation
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someone that is reborn
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monotheism
Definition
the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.
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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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rivers that flow through the fertile crescent
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culture
Definition
the way the live
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dynasty
Definition
the nobles of their land
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theocracy
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a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler
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Minoans
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ancient civilization of the island of Crete, dating from about 3000 to 1100 b.c.
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Zoroaster
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Persian religious teacher
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migration
Definition
moving from one place to another
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Empire
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Where the Kings or Emperors rule
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Cultural Diffusion
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act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
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Mummification
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placing the king in a tomb,for the afterlife
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King Minos
Definition
in greek mythology, king of crete
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