WHI SOL 3 Vocabulary

ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds

system of writing with wedge-shaped symbols; invented by the Sumerians

mountain system of SC Asia; highest peak, Mt. Everest

an agreement between God and the Hebrew people

a group of nomadic invaders from Asia who ruled Egypt from 1640-1570 B.C.

a city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit

an arc of rich farmland between the Persian Gulf, Mediterranean, and Red Seas

a process of embalming and drying corpses to prevent them from decaying

the first patriarch and ancestor of the Hebrews

name of the Indus River Valley civilization; characterized by sophisticated city planning

a massive structure like those that were built in Egypt as burial places for pharaohs

a belief in a single god

leader who brought the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt, received the Ten Commandments from God

a political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler

a wind that shifts in direction at certain times of each year

government in which power is in the hands of a single person

the dispersal of the Jews from their homeland in Palestine

government in which the ruler is viewed as a divine or religious leader

between the Tigris & Euphrates rivers; a part of modern Iraq

king of Babylon; a famous code of laws is attributed to him

a king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well a political and military leader

a large landmass that forms a distinct part of a continent

Egypt king of the 18th dynasty; tomb discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter

a system of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of government

in Chinese history, the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority

the most sacred writings in the Jewish tradition

the departure of the Israelite's from Egypt

belief in MANY gods

a person who speaks for God under divine guidance

series of rulers from a single family

form of trade in which people exchange goods and services without the use of money