Vocabulary 1
wedge-shaped writing
ruler who united all of Mesopotamia under his rule
Hammurabi
process used by Egyptians to preserve bodies
mumification
first used the wheel
Sumerians
after the Flood, the place where Noah settled
Shinar
payment from one nation to another
tribute
first pharaoh
Menes
rule by one city or people over other cities or peoples
empire
female pharaoh
Hateshepsut
structure of the Egyptian society and government
bureaucracy
way of life of a group of people
culture
patriarchs of Israel
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
scattering of people over the earth
dispersion
Cain
book of the Bible that gives an account of the beginning
Genesis
way in which evolution and humanism related
both destroy man and his relationship with God
pharaoh which led the Egyptian Empire to its greatest extent
Thutmose III
organized group of people appointed by a ruler to help him govern
bureaucracy
Mizraim
"land between the rivers"
Mesopotamia
established by God to teach the sanctity of human life
capital punishment
French scholar deciphered the Rosetta Stone
Jean Francois Champollion
large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit
nation
Greek historian who wrote about ancient Egypt
Herodutus
purpose of the Flood
punishing man for the height of evil man had reached