Chapter 2, Section 1 and 2
Terms
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- Cities and the countryside around them, which were the basic units of Sumerian civilization.
- city-state
- A massive stepped tower witha temple on top.
- ziggurat
- A government by divine authority.
- theocracy
- A large politicial unit or state, usually under a single leader, that controls many people or territories.
- empire
- A form of society dominated by men.
- Patriarchal
- A belief in many gods.
- Polytheistic
- The Sumerian system of writing ("wedged-shaped")
- Cuneiform
- A family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on within the faimly.
- Dynasty
- The most common title of Egyptian monarchs.
- Pharaoh
- An administrative organization with officials and regualr procedures.
- bureaucracy
- The official in charge of the government bureaucracy in ancient Egypt.
- vizier
- A process of slowly drying a dead body to prevent it from rotting
- mummification
- the Greek name for the earliest Egyptian writing.
- hieroglyphics
- A simplified version of hieroglyphics that was used for business transactions, record keeping, and the general needs of daily life in Egypt.
- hieratic script