Historical Thinking
A first-person account from the time of an event
Primary Source
A person who moves from place to place in search of food
Nomad
A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
City-State
The World's longest river. The basis for Egyptian life, society, and culture
The Nile River
The fertile land along a river where early civilizations developed
River Valley
Prejudgement, prejudice, preference
Bias
An amount of something left over; extra supply
Surplus
Region in the Middle East where the first civilizations began
Fertile Crescent
A large stone tomb built for Egyptian rulers
Pyramid
The belief that a person’s actions affect their future. (What goes around, comes back around)
Karma
An interpretation or analysis of a primary source, from after the event took place
Secondary Source
The practice of farming and raising animals
Agriculture
The world’s oldest known story about a King that was half-man/half-god
Gilgamesh
A ruler of ancient Egypt, believed to be a god on Earth
Pharaoh
A person's duty to their society
Dharma
When media frames an event a particular way to persuade you to believe something
Media Bias
An object made by humans, often from the past
Artifact
King who wrote one of the earliest known sets of laws
Hammurabi
The process of preserving dead bodies for the afterlife
Mummification
A religion founded by a monk, that focused on achieving enlightenment through a simple life and giving up material things.
Buddhism
Reading, analysis, and writing that is necessary to develop our understanding of the past
Historical Thinking
A scientist who studies past human life through artifacts
Archaeologist
The first system of writing, developed by the Sumerians
Cuneiform
The writing system of ancient Egypt using pictures and symbols
Hieroglyphics
A major polytheistic religion that developed in ancient India that had thousands of gods
Hinduism