11th World History Chapter 2 Ancient Empires
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- Basic political unit of Sumerian civilization
- city state
- stepped tower the temples were built on
- Ziggurat
- government run by divine authority
- theocracy
- large political unit that controls many people and territories
- empire
- male is the dominant member of society
- patriarchal
- believe in many gods and goddesses
- polytheistic
- system of writing used for record keeping
- cuneiform
- a sequence of powerful leadership from the same family
- dynasty
- leaders who had absolute power in egypt
- pharoah
- most important position behind the pharoah
- vizier
- believe Ka could survive death of the physical body and wrapped them in linens and took out their organs
- mummification
- pictures and abstract forms; later used heiratic script
- hyroglyphics
- simplified version of heiroglyphics
- hieratic script
- hunted and gathered, small farming and domesticated animals
- pastoral nomads
- worship only 1 god
- montheistic
- Darius separated the empires into these...also known as provinces
- satrapies
- governor-or protector of the kingdom/provinces
- satrap
- one god, influenced chrstianity and Islam, Yahweh
- Juadiaism
- Jude's holy bible
- torah
- created a powerful persian state from asia minor to western india
- cyrus
- first great king, known for his wisdom
- king solomon
- largest pyramid was created for him
- king khufu
- first egyptian female pharoah
- Hatshepsut
- boy pharoah who restored old gods
- king tutankhamen
- early system of law-harsh punishments for criminals
- Hammurabi code