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world cultures
ancient middle east
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History
10th Grade
09/10/2008

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Tigris
Definition
a river surrounding mesopatamia
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nile
Definition

long river that flows through egypt

flows from south to north

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euphrates
Definition
a river that surrounds mesopatamia
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thebes
Definition

capital of ancient egypt in the new kingdom

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Uruk
Definition

a city where Gilgamesh is from

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memphis
Definition
capital of ancient egypt in the old kingdom
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memphis
Definition
capital of ancient egypt during the old kingdom
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eclectic
Definition
combining various approaches
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polytheistic
Definition
beleiving in more than one god
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theocracy
Definition
political system where religious leaders are also political leaders
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atum
Definition
ancient egyptian
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re
Definition
an egyptian sun god
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Osiris

Definition
greatest of all gods  merciful judge of living and dead, horus's father
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Ahriman
Definition

prince of lies and evil

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obelisk
Definition

big monument

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clerestory
Definition
a raised construction
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nefer
Definition
meaning both good and beautiful
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cuneiform
Definition
sumerian writing
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satrap
Definition
persian governor
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hieroglyphics
Definition
ancient egyptian writing
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pictogram
Definition
symbol that equals actual object
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ethnocentric
Definition

culture bound

 

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ideograms
Definition
symbol equals actual idea
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lamentation
Definition
literary form expressing grief in the face of anger
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cultural assimilation

Definition
when on culture learns from another
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two theories of war
Definition

biological thoery: natural killers/hunters

economic surplus leads to rivaries among groups

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old kingdom
Definition

beleived pharoah was god

the pyramid age-building of pyramids

 

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middle kingdom
Definition

strong rulers organized  drainage project

Hyksos invaded in 1700 B.C.

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Newkingdom
Definition
created larger empire
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wooley
Definition
famous british archaeologist
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croesus
Definition
king of lydia
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anubis
Definition
watchdog of the gods of egypt
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herodotus
Definition
greek historian
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menes

Definition
united upper and lower egypt in 1300 b.c.
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horus
Definition
son of orsiris, the avenger
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cyrus
Definition

ruled between 550 B.C.E.-539 B.C.E

would rule all of asia

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champollion
Definition
 

French scholar cracked the code of hieroglyphics

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nepthys
Definition
isis' sister
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isis
Definition

wife of osiris

bore horus

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seth
Definition
evil king who killed osiris
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nebuchadnezzar
Definition

great king of the babylons

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hatshepsuts accomplishments
Definition
declared herself pharaoh, encouraged trade,
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sumerian imperfections
Definition
caused by a cruel competition by the gods and goddesses of sumerians
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greeks on persians
Definition
to ride a horse, to shoot an arrow, to always tell the truth
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miau
Definition
egyptian word for cat
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sistrum
Definition
an ancient egyptian musical instrument
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ka
Definition
soul
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thoth
Definition
egyptian god of the moon and wisdom
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sumerian math
Definition
systme based on 6's and 10's
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beuracracy
Definition
collection of government officials who carry out government business
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polytheism
Definition
belief in many gods
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chaldeans
Definition

helped defeat assyrians

developed astronomy

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hyksos
Definition
invaded ancient egypt in 1700 B.C.
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Lydians
Definition
invented coins
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assyrians
Definition

gifted administrators, capital-Ninevah, most cruel

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hittites
Definition
introduced iron
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pheonicians

Definition

gave us the color purple-royalty

great sailors

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huwawa
Definition
monster that was defeated by gilgamesh
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cosmogony
Definition
an account of creation
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myth
Definition
has never happend but has always been true
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negative confession
Definition
shows that morality and ethics were important to the egyptians and served some role in their religion
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gizeh, memphis, thebes
Definition
cities in upper and lower egypt
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