Terms for Historians
The study of how everything around us came to be
What is history?
A wanderer. People lived as this during prehistoric times because they were always looking for animals to hunt or grass to feed their flocks.
What is a nomad?
Huge towers with stepped sides. They get smaller as they go up. Long ramps wind around their outsides, leading up to temples at the top. There was a giant one in Ur.
What are ziggurats?
He was a shepherd who became the king of Israel.
Who is David?
The title of the King of Egypt
What is the pharaoh?
Manmade objects left over from the distant past
What are artifacts?
A group of civilized people who share the same homeland, the same stories, the same laws, and the same way of life.
What is a civilization?
Means "land between the rivers". It was the ancient land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
God spoke to him through a burning bush. He led God's people out of Egypt.
Who is Moses?
In ancient Egypt, a dead body that was carefully preserved.
What is a mummy?
The study of ancient history
What is archaeology?
Ancient farmers used this simple machine to fill ditches with water for their crops.
What is a shadoof?
An Akkadian ruler who was the first to rule a kingdom big enough to be called an empire
Who is Sargon?
He went to battle with only 300 Israelite soldiers who were armed with trumpets and torches hidden under ceramic pitchers.
Who is Gideon?
A sealed case where the Egyptians placed a mummy
What is a sarcophagus?
The most commonly found type of artifact
What is pottery?
A little kingdom like a country that grew up around a city.
What is a city-state?
The oldest civilization in Mesopotamia.
What is the Sumerian civilization?
She was a prophet and also a brave judge of Israel.
Who is Deborah?
This is the biggest pyramid of all. It is 450 feet tall, and it still stands.
What is the Pyramid of Khufu, aka the Great Pyramid of Giza?
The time period between the creation of the world up until the time of Jesus / the Fall of Rome (AD 476). It is before the Middle Ages.
What is the ancient era?
A big kingdom or group of kingdoms that are all ruled by one monarch called an emperor. Sargon was the first to establish one.
What is an empire?
The most complete set of ancient laws. Copies of it were placed all around the empire, including one on a monument. The strict laws were written by a king during the First Babylonian Dynasty.
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What is the Code of Hammurabi?
At a young age, he heard the Lord speak to him in the night. He answered, "Speak, Lord. Your servant is listening."
Who is Samuel?
The first type of Egyptian pyramids. They were flat-topped.
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What are mastabas?