Ancient World Webquest
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Malay | English |
|---|---|
| mesopotamia |  first civilization located between the Tigris & Eurphrates Rivers in present day Iraq; term means "land between the rivers;" Sumerian culture |
| city-state | a city and its surrounding lands that act as a government |
| polytheism | belief in multiple Gods |
| Hammurabi | King of the Babylonian empire; creator of the Code of Hammurabi, one of the world's oldest codes of law. |
| Pharoah | a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political leader |
| Pyramid | a massive memorial with a square base and four triangular sides |
| Mummification | a process of embalming and drying corpses to prevent them from decaying |
| Hieroglyphics | an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds |
| Hyksos | a group of nomadic invaders from southwest asia who ruled egypt from 1640 to 1570 B.C. |
| Nubia | East African trading empire that developed south of Egypt on the Nile River |
| Ramses II | known as greatest pharaoh ever, ruled for 67 years, created treaty with Hittites (first treaty in history), establish ownership borders of Isreal, largest tomb, ruled while Jews were there |
| Kush | An African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile c. 100 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries. |
| Piankhi | conquered egypt, ruled for a century then lost to Assyrians, Nubian King |
| Torah | the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit |
| Abraham | Founder of Judaism who, according to the Bible, led his family from Ur to Canaan in obedience to God's command. |
| Monotheism | belief in one God |
| Covenant | (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return |
| Moses | (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus |
| Phoenicians | Sailing and trading people who had many colonies on the Mediterranean coast |
| Harappan Civilization | another name for the indus valley civilization that arose along the indus river, possibly as early as 7000 BC; characterized by sophisticated city planning |
| Reincarnation | the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of hell) depending on the person's own actions |
| karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation |
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