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Ch 2 First Civilizations: Africa and Asia Flashcards

1
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title of ruler in ancient Egypt

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pharaoh

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ruling family

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dynasty

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3
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triangular shaped marsh lands formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers

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delta

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rich soil carried by flooding waters

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silt

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5
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waterfall

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cataract

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6
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decode

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decipher

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system of ancient Egyptian writing, simpler than hieroglyphics; developed for everyday use

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demotic

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form of picture writing developed by ancient Egyptians

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hieroglyphics

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picture that symbolized an idea of action

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ideogram

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practice of preserving the bodies of the dead

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mummification

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plant that grows along the banks of the Nile; used by ancient Egyptians to make paper like material

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papyrus

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12
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pyramid-temple

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ziggurat

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13
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system of ranking people within a society

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hierarchy

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earliest writing, Sumerian wedge-shaped writing

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cuneiform

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15
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arrange and set down in writing

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codify

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law dealing with private rights of individuals

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civil law

17
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law dealing with offenses against others

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criminal law

18
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system in which one set of goods or services is traded for another

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barter economy

19
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letters that represent spoken sounds

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alphabet

20
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territory settled and ruled by people from another land

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colony

21
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system in which goods and services are paid for through the exchange of a token of agreed upon value

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money economy

22
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acceptance

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tolerance

23
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holy day of rest and worship

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sabbath

24
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spiritual leader believed to be interpreting God

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prophet

25
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describing a family headed by a father, husband or oldest male

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patriarchal

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believing in one God

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monotheistic

27
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moral standard of behavior

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ethics

28
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scattering of people

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diaspora

29
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binding agreement

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covenant

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