Chapter 2 Ancient Middle East and Egypt

Polytheism

A region in the Middle East named for its rich soils and golden wheat fields.

Two ways to control the water

Next empire

Pyramids Were Built in the ... Kingdom

Branch of laws that deal with private Rights And matters

Branch of laws that deal with offenses against others

Osiris god of the

a system in which symbols or pictures represent objects, concepts, or sounds

First house made of...

Two major rivers

First major cities:

Ruler of New Babylon

Darius I and Cyrus the Great ruled over the ..... empire

Monotheistic

First empire

The chief was

Preservation of dead bodies by embalming them and wrapping them in cloth

Famous mummy who died at 18

contained spells, charms, formulas

Ziggurat

Black stone shows passages written in Greek, hieroglyphics, demotic script

King of Babylon

Cuneiform

First civilization to develop

Cursive form of writing, simplifying shapes, and creating a similar script for everyday use

Ruling family:

Similar, more simple version of Hieratic

Hierachy

Between the rivers means