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glacier
a moving river of ice
city-state
independent, self-governing community that includes a city and surrounding territory
stone age
this age begun when tools and weapons were made out of stone
migration
group of ppl who moved from one region and settled in another
Nilver River
River valley civilization in egypt
civilization
an advanced level of culture
ritual
a ceremony
organization, division of labor, system of writing, organization of religion, class structure
5 features of civilization
dynasty
a family of rulers
barter
to exchange one good for another; didnt work b/c required a double coincidence of wants
Ur
Abraham was from what city in sumeria called chaldea??
circa
c. or ca. means "about that time"
The fertile crescent
the Tibris/Euphrates river valley civilizations also called_______
hieroglyphics
the writing of the egyptians
Ziggurat
a large clay-brick temple with several levels
extinct
no longer in existence
the bronze age
was named so because of the new copper and stone added to the making of weapons
BC
Before Christ's birth
cuineform
wedge shaped writing of the sumerians
archaeology
scientific study of material evidence from the past
pharaoh
a ruler/monarch of egypt
rosetta stonce
carved in 196 bc, contained inscriptions in three kinds kinds of writings
multiplication, division, geometry, 360 circle, number system based on zero, 60 min hour
the mesopatamians developed the following
tibris/euphrates
the earliest river valley civilization
excavate
to dig up, unearth or move
Benistum rosetta stone
the discovery tht became the key to understanding the mesopatamiam cuniform writing
Mesopatamia
civilization tht developed the wheel and the sail
papyrus
paper made from reed-like plant
hammurabi's code
1st set of codified laws
codified
written down in exact order form
nomad
person who wandered place to place rather than having a permanent home
AD
anno domini, "in the year of our lord"
prehistoric
period of time before people kept written records
the changing positon of planets and the 12 month calendar based on the phases of the moon
the mesopatamians developed these things in astronomy
fire
this provided warmth, fuel and preserved food
mesopatamia
word which means sumeria

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