Mesopotamia

   Ancient country in SW Asia, between the upper Tigris & Euphrates Rivers.

                   Polytheism

            The belief in one god .

                        Delta

    The fourth letter of the Greek Alphabet.

                   Hieroglyphic

      Designating or Pertaining to a Pictographic Script. Symbols. Hard To Read !!

                       Palestine

    Historical region in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean,Including modern Isarel & Jordan.

                    Phoenicians

  Ancient region at the E end of the Mediterranean.

                     Cuneiform

   Composed of slim triangular or wedge-shaped elements, as the characters used in writing by the ancient Akkadians,Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, and others.

                 Fertile Cresent

  An agricultural region extending from the Levant to Iraq.

                     Narmer

   A king of Egypt identified by modern scholars as the Menes oftradition and depicted as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt onan ancient slate tablet (Narmer Palette or Palette of Narmer),3200 b.c. with relief carvings on both sides.

                       Papyrus

A Tall water plant of Egypt! A writing material made from the pith of this plant by the ancients.

                         Torah

    A parchment scroll on Which the Pentateuch is written, usedin synagogue services.

                     Sumerian

Of or pertaining to Sumer, its people, or their Language.

         Hammurabi's law code

Prescribed punishments ranging from fines to death. Punishments was based on the social class of the victim.

                     City- State

 A state consisting of a sovereign city.

                     Pharaoh

A ruler in ancient Egypt.

                   Reincarnation

   The rebirth of a soul in a new body.

                   Monotheism

  The Belief in one god.

          Tigris & Euphrates River

                       Culture

 The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

                      Dynasty

A line of hereditary rulers of a country.

                     Theocracy

   A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.

Minoans

  After Minos, mythical King of crete of an advanced prehistoric culture in Crete from c.

                3000 c. To 1100 c.

                     Zoroaster

  Persian prophet and founder of Zoroastrianism; Avestan name Zarathustra. Traditionally, he was born in Persia and began to preach the tenets of what was later called Zoroastrianism after receiving a vision from Ahura Mazda.

                       Migration

    A group of people, birds, etc.

         Migrating together. 

                       Empire

         An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly esp. an emperor or empress

               Cultural Diffusion

  The spreading of a cultural trait (material object, idea, or behavior pattern) from one society to another.

                  Mummification

• A condition resembling that of a mummy; "bureaucratic mummification in red tape"

• Dry gangrene, (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color

                     King Minos

    In Greek mythology, Minos (Greek) was a mythical king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. After his death, Minos became a judge of the dead in Hades. The Minoan civilization of pre-Hellene Crete has been named after him !!

                  Zoroastrianism

    A monotheistic pre-Islamic religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster in the 6th century b.c.

                     Patriarchal

 Of, relating to, or characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men.