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26 Cards in this Set
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heirarchy |
a system of ranking groups
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ziggurat |
a stepped platform and temple dedicated to Sumerian gods or goddesses
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cuneiform |
Sumerian writing system that used wedge shaped marks
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Hammurabi's Code |
first code of law written for all to see, by King Hammurabi of the Babylonian civilization based on the principle of an eye for an eye...
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codify |
laws that have been arranged and set down in writing
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satrap |
a governor of a satrapy (province) in the Persian empire |
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barter economy |
an economic system in which one set of goods or services are exchanged for another |
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money economy |
an economic system in which goods and services are paid for by a token of an agreed value
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colony |
territory settled and ruled by people of another land
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cataract |
a waterfall
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delta |
triangular area of marshland formed by silt deposits at the mouth of some rivers
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dynasty |
a ruling family
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pharaoh |
Egyptian absolute king also viewed as a god
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bureaucracy |
system of government that included different job functions and levels of authority
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hieroglyphics |
Egyptian writing system using pictures
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decipher |
to figure out the meaning of
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Rosetta Stone |
monument used to decipher ancient writing
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monotheistic |
belief in one God
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Torah |
most sacred text of the Hebrews
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Abraham |
Israelite, founder of the Hebrew religion (Judaism), one of the Jewish prophets. Had the covenant with God.
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Moses |
Israelite, renewed God's covenant with the Israelites when he saved them from enslavement in Egypt
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covenant |
promise or agreement
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patriarchial |
social organization in which males held the authority
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prophet |
spiritual leader
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ethics |
moral standard of behavior
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diaspora |
scattering of people, ideas, etc
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