Important People
Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)
Who is Hammurabi?
A skilled craftsperson
Who is an artisan?
the belief in or worship of more than one god.
What is polytheism?
A person who moves from place to place in search of food
Who is a nomad?
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
What is silt?
First female pharaoh who expanded Egypt through trade
Who is Hatshepsut?
A professional writer
Who is a scribe?
the preservation of dead bodies by embalming and wrapping them in cloth
What is mummification?
the taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food
What is domestication?
a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
What is a a city state?
united the kingdoms of lower and upper Egypt and created first Egyptian dynasty
Who is Menes?
A scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky
Who is an astronomer?
the ancient Egyptian god of the sun
Who is Amon-Re?
an expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind
Who is an archeologist?
A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.
Who is a pharaoh?
Athenian reformer of the 6th century; established laws that eased the burden of debt on farmers, forbade enslavement for debt
Who is Solon?
soldiers on horseback
Who are calvary?
massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities.
What is a ziggurat?
A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes
What is civilization?
A reed that grows along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt. From it was produced a coarse, paperlike writing medium used by the Egyptians and many other peoples in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East.
What is papyrus?
A Greek poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer?
enslaved people in ancient Sparta
Who are helots?
Huge, triangular shaped burial tombs of Egyptian pharaoh built during the Old Kingdom at Giza
What is the Great Pyramid?
One of first true cities in history, created in the Neolithic Era in 6500 to 5500 BC, from which were created agriculture, trading, temples, housing, and religions
What is Catal Huyuk?
ancient Egyptian writing system using picture symbols for ideas or sounds
What are heiroglyphics?