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vocabulary
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
Pharaohs
100
The continuous rule of a country by the same family.
DYNASTY
100
City-states were named because each city was like a separate ____.
COUNTRY
100
Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?
MENES
100
Why were the people of the Indus River Valley NOT warlike?
FELT MOUNTAIN BARRIER PROTECTED THEM
100
Drove out the Hyksos
AHMOSE I
200
The belief in the existence of one god.
MONOTHEISTIC
200
Who held the power in the city-states?
PRIESTS
200
Ancient Egyptian paper was made from ____.
PAPYRUS REEDS
200
Since the people of the Indus River Valley were not warlike, what did they do instead?
EXPANDED THEIR ARTS AND LITERATURE
200
Co-ruler - regent - Pharaoh - dead!
QUEEN HATSHEPSUT
300
"land between the rivers"
MESOPOTAMIA
300
The buildings of Ancient Mesopotamia were made out of ____.
MUD BRICKS
300
The Ancient Egyptian priests misused their authority and influence over the Egyptian people. Why were the people afraid to stand up to them?
FEAR OF ANGERING GODS
300
Who destroyed the early civilizations of the Indus River Valley?
ARYANS
300
Egypt reached the peak of her splendor.
AMENHOTEP III
400
a temple tower
ZIGGURAT
400
After the city-states gained their independence from teh Akkadians and the barbarians, which city became the dominant city-state?
UR
400
Egypt receives very little rain. What happened that allowed for Ancient Egyptians to successfully farm?
YEARLY FLOODING OF THE NILE
400
____ meanst wealth to the Aryans
CATTLE
400
Enjoyed recreation and art vs. war
AMENHOTEP IV
500
The belief in the existence of many gods.
POLYTHEISTIC
500
The oldest known civilization in the world.
SUMER
500
What is the world's longest river?
THE NILE RIVER
500
What is the name of the Aryan's written language?
SANSKRIT
500
"The Boy Pharaoh"
TUTANKHAMEN