Historian's Toolkit
A way of organizing events in chronological order
Timeline
Raise plants and animals to make them useful to humans
Domestication
Writing system using wedged shapes in clay
Cuneiform
The title of an Egyptian king
Pharaoh
Expert who studies the past
Historian
To have more than something you need
Surplus
Small territory with its own government
City-State
The material that Egyptians wrote on
Papyrus
Scientist who studies humans and cultures over time
Anthropologist
Focus on doing just one job
Specialization
Conquering other cities with one ruler
Empire
Triangle shaped land where a river splits and empties into the sea
Delta
Scientist who studies objects and artifacts about ancient cultures
Archeologist
About 10,000 years ago when the start of farming changed the ways people lived
Agricultural Revolution
Supply water to crops
Irrigation
Rocky Rapids
Cataracts
A sources background, knowledge, and way of seeing the world
Point of view
Tools or skills that people use to meet their own needs
Stepped pyramid used as a temple
Ziggurat
Egyptian system of writing
Hieroglyphics