World history 1st semester exam

a writing surface similar to paper named for a plant that grew along the Nile River

Monster that devoured sinful souls

Conquered Babylon in 539 B.C.Led by Cyrus the Great.

Objects made by a human being

Invented Writing

person who moves from place to place without a permanents home.

Great iron workers

Study past events such as war or economic collapse to determine what said events.

Approximately 2055 B.C. to 1650 B.C. A turbulent time period for Egypt. Hyksos invaded.

mountain range to northwest of India

two rivers that form the outside border of Mesopotamia

Maintaining Walls & Irrigation Systems, Leading Army, Enforcing Laws, and Employing Scribes

Constructed Royal RoadDivided Persian Empire into "Satrapies". Introduced Persia to coins

a river in India that flows into the Bay of Bengal; in Hinduism, it is known as a sacred river

A series of rulers from the same family

A seasonal wind pattern that causes wet and dry seasons.

contracts, property inheritance, taxes, marriage, and divorce.

leader of the Akkadians who overran the Sumerian city-states and set up the first empire

to become an inhabitant of a place.

The worlds highest mountain range containing Mt. Everest. It forms northern border for india

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

group of rocky rapids

A political unit that included a city and its surrounding lands and villages.

"land between the rivers"

Where Egyptians thought they would go in the afterlife if they didn't sin

A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes

French scholar that unlocked the Egyptian code of writing using the Rosetta Stone.

A large landmass that is set apart and juts out from a continent.

belief that the natural world is full of spirits.

scientist who studies the physical materials of the Earth itself, such as soil and rocks.

Egyptian sun god; supreme god of the universe in whom Amen and Ra were merged

robbery, assault, or murder.

tools and skills people use to meet their needs and wants.

beliefs, customs, practices, and behavior of a particular nation or group of people.

the place where they live on dust, their food is mud,...and they see no light

study of humankind in all aspects, especially development and culture.

The founder of Persia's classical pre-Islamic religion, Zoroastrianism.

Government and Religion are inseparable. Pharaoh is head of state and divine rep. of the gods.

Assyrian king who gathered writing tablets from many lands and stored them in a library

(man of skill) first to make stone tools

The earliest civilization in Mesopotamia.

symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound

The period of the Stone Age associated with the ancient Agricultural Revolution.

movement of people from one place to another.

scientific study of ancient cultures through the examination of artifacts and other evidence.

early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and replaced them with Aten.

A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god

New stone age

a flat plain formed on the seabed where a river deposits material over many years

A system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things.

Dead were buried with great care.

A major river flowing out of the Himalayas.

The simplest of Egyptian script, which was almost like handwriting. It was more commonly used.

Discovered a 1.8 million year old hominid in Africa

A Babylonian king who conquered Jerusalem,and built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

In Zoroastrianism, the good god who rules the world.

Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead.

preserved remains of ancient human, animal, or plant.

A legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories.

Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (Old Babylon).

Stepson of Hatshepsut; pharaoh of the New Kingdom. Expanded Egypt's border to best extent

system of many government officials who carry out government rules and regulations

a storehouse for threshed grain

an embankment of earth and rock built to prevent floods

the spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism

Used to mark trade items

Time before writing was invented

Extremely skilled sailors that dominated Mediterranean Sea

A way of supplying water to an area of land

a gorge in northeastern Tanzania

a region of the Middle East named for its rich soils and golden wheat fields

a large, stepped platform thought to topped by a temple

Loved to fight. Warfare was very central to their culture.

gold, papyrus, linen, and grain

Old stone age

a body that has been preserved so it will not decompose

person who lives by hunting animals and gathering plants.

study of the structure of the body and its organs

a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other.