Unit 2 - The River Valley Civilizations

a class of scholars and copiers who were central to the functioning of government

broad flat-bottomed boat

freshwater fish that is yellowish with dark green vertical stripes...popular food

an unwritten agreement within a community under which members most suited perform that job

a country in northeastern Africa

writing made up of pictorial symbols

belief in many gods

a barbed spear used especially in hunting large fish

a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East from the Nile to the Tigris/Euphrates

a building for worship

a plant that is made into strips and pressed into material on which one can write

an ancient Egyptian image having the body of a lion and head of man, ram or hawk

the process of preserving the bodies of the dead

major river valley in Asia which flows through what is today Pakistan

high official

four-sided pillar that becomes narrower toward the top and ends in a pyramid

shows levels of each social class in terms of importance

hand-operated device for lifting water

a bank built along a river to prevent flooding

members of a social class of low rank who worked in the fields

the land between two rivers (Tigris and Euphrates)

social and cultural differences between males and females

ruler of ancient Egypt

term ancient Egyptians used as the official name of the land

artificial waterway for boats or draining or irrigating land

a rule of conduct or action laid down and enforced by the government

freshwater fish in streams, ponds, rivers and lakes

a large Asian freshwater fish often raised for food

covering or filling with water

the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced

a carved tablet or drawing representing a scroll with rolled-up ends

belonging to a high class that has a special social and political status

supplying with water by artificial means

collection of laws arranged in an orderly way