Study
Moonsoon
A monsoon is a shift in winds that often causes a very rainy season or a very dry
Rosetta Stone
The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes
The Hammurabi Code of Laws
a collection of 282 rules, established standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice.
Monotheistic
Dravidians 1
a family of languages spoken in S and central India and Sri Lanka, including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, and Gondi
Ziggurats
an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower consisting of a lofty pyramidal structure built in successive stages with outside staircases and a shrine at the top
Subcontinent
a large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa.
Pyramid
a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.
Hieroglyph
“sacred carving,” is a Greek translation of the Egyptian phrase “the god's words,” which was used at the writing consisting of hieroglyphs.
Hebrew Judah
and their scriptures and traditions form the basis of the Jewish religion.
The Indus River Valley Civilization
considered a Bronze Age society; inhabitants of the ancient Indus River Valley developed new techniques in metallurgy—the science of working with copper, bronze, lead, and tin.
Polytheistic
The Middle Kingdom of Egypt
the period in the history of ancient Egypt following a period of political division known as the First Intermediate Period.
Egypt
The Tigris–Euphrates River
a large river system in Western Asia that discharges into the Persian Gulf
Nile River
The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered the longest river in the world,
Cuneiform
denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.
Aryan
a member of a people speaking an Indo-European (or specifically Indo-Iranian) language, or of an ancient people thought to have spoken the hypothetical proto-Indo-European language.
Heirarchy
a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
The New Kingdom
Mesopotamia
Region in iraqMesopotamia means "between rivers" in Greek. Home to the ancient civilizations of Sumer,
Summerian
Old Kingdom
the period in the history of ancient Egypt, 2780–2280 b.c., comprising the 3rd to 6th dynasties, characterized by the predominance of Memphis