Flashcards: WH I.3 Ancient River Valleys
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rlindsay141 on October 10, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Artisan | a skilled worker who makes a craft |
| City-state | a city that functions as an independent nation |
| Code of Hammurabi | first known set of written laws (eye for an eye) in Babylon |
| Cuneiform | wedge-like writing system of the Sumerians |
| Dynasty | a ruling family; power is passed from father to son |
| Empire | a political unit involving multiple territories ruled by a single supreme authority |
| Fertile Crescent | the arc of rich farmland running from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean sea along the Tigris & Euphrates rivers |
| Hieroglyphics | Egyptian picture writing |
| Irrigation | the bringing of water from a source to crop fields |
| Mesopotamia | the land between the Tigris & Euphrates rivers |
| Monarchy | government ruled by a king or queen; inherent position |
| Monotheism | religion that believes in one god |
| Pharaoh | Egyptian ruler; considered to be divine |
| Polytheism | religion that believes in many gods |
| Pyramid | stone structure that served as tombs for the Pharaohs |
| Scribe | people trained in reading, writing and record-keeping |
| Sumerians | earliest known civilization in Mesopotamia |
| Ziggurat | a tiered, multi-leveled pyramid structure of the Sumerians |
| Delta | Triangular shaped deposits of silt at mouth a river |
| Nubia | Region located South of Egypt that both fought and traded with Ancient Egypt |
| Loess | Yellowish colored silt carried by the Huang He(Yellow) River in China |
| Dynastic Cycle | The rise Fall and replacement of Dynasties in Ancient China(example:Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin) |
| Mandate of heaven | A belief in Ancient China that the Gods give you the right to rule |
| Monsoon | Seasonal weather event in Asia where the winds shift bringing huge amounts of rain and flooding |
| Subcontinent | Land south of the Himalayas |
| Khyber Pass | Narrow mountain pass between the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountains |
| Himalayas | Tallest mountain range in the world, they separate Indian Subcontinent from rest of Asia |
| Nile | River flowing north through North Africa in Egypt |
| Silt | Rich fertile soil carried and deposited by rivers making farmland more fertile |
| Abraham | Founder of Judaism and the idea of Monotheism |
| Moses | Prophet who led the Hebrew EXODUS from Egypt and received the 10 Commandments |
| Jerusalem | City in Israel that is Holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims |
| 10 Commandments | Laws received when Hebrews made COVENANT who God. Contained in the Torah |
| Diaspora | Forceful scattering and of Jews under Roman Empire across Europe and the Near East. |
| Torah | Jewish Holy Text, made up of first 5 books of the Old Testament |
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