WORLD HISTORY VOCABULARY TERMS Chapters 2-4 (UNIT 1) - PowerPoint Presentation

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WORLD HISTORY VOCABULARY TERMS Chapters 2-4 (UNIT 1)

Ancient Egypt & MesopotamiaSlide2
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RELIGION IN THE REGION

Ziggurat

-- a

massive stepped tower on which was built a temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of a

Sumerian

city

Zoroastrianism

-- Persian religion

Polytheistic

-- having

many

gods

Monotheistic

-- believing

in one

God

Judaism

-- world

known religion created by the IsraelitesSlide4
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IMPORTANT INDIVIDUALS OF THE ERA & THE REGIONS:

Tutakhamen

-- boy-pharaoh

who restored the old gods

.

King

Solomon --

ruled Israel from about 970 to 930 B.C; known for his

wisdom

Isaiah

-- prophet

; embraced a concern for all

humanity

Cyrus created a powerful Persian state; ruled from 559 to 530 B.C; ruled with wisdom and compassion

Darius -- ruled

from 521 to 486 B.C; added a new Persian

province.

Cleopatra VII

-- tried

to

re-establish

Egypt's

independence

Hatshepsut – 1

st

woman

to become

pharaoh

; built a great temple near

Thebes

Hammurabi

-- Babylonian

king who is remembered for his

strit

code of law

.

Akhenaton

-- Amenhotep

changed his name; means "It is well with Aton"Slide6

Cyrus the great of ancient Persia (now Iran)Slide7

Important groups of people during this era:

Akkadians

-- Semitic

people who overran the Sumerian city-state and created the first empire in world history.

Assyrians

-- Semitic-

speaking

people

who exploited the use of iron weapons to establish an empire by 700

B.C

Immortals --

cavalry force of 10,00- and elite infantry force of

10,000

Indo-Europeans

-- one

of the most important nomadic

people

Israelites

-- group

of Semitic- speaking people who lived south of the

Phoenicians

Pharaohs

-- Egyptian

kings

Phoenicians

-- people

who lived in the area of Palestine along the Mediterranean coast on a narrow band of

land

Sumerians

-- creators

of the first Mesopotamian civilizationSlide8

These groups were influenced by the

akkadians

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How governments worked in this time & place:

Vizier

-- high

government official in

Egypt

Persian Empire

-- leading

power in western India after the Assyrian Empire

fell

Monarchy

-- ruled

by a king or

queen

Empire

-- large

political unit or state that controls many people or

territories

Hammurabi's Code

-- based

on a system of strict justiceSlide10

Sargon: The World's First Emperor

The land Sargon ruled over was great indeed, extending throughout Mesopotamia, from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Black Sea in the northSlide11

THE geography of ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt:

Satrapy

-- one

of the 20 provinces in which Darius divided the Persian

Empire

Mesopotamia --.region

between the Tigris and Euphrates

rivers

Nile

-- major

river in Egypt and the longest river in the

world

City-States

-- basic

units of Sumerian civilizationSlide12

XERXES was the son of

cyrus

& they could never conquer ancient Greece (w/the help of the 300)Slide13

Some of The culture of these ancient lands:

Cuneiform

-- a

wedge-shaped system of

writing

Hieratic Script

-- simplified version

of hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphics

-- priest-carvings

or sacred writing or form of

writing

Pastoral

-- Nomad

sometimes overran settled communities and created their own empires; domesticated animals for both food and clothing

Patriarchal

-- Mesopotamian

society dominated by

men

pyramids

-- Huge

stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point on top; tombs for mummified pharaohsSlide14

Paleo-Babble

Here's an idea of what hieratic

does

to standard hieroglyphs