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Moses | Received the 10 commandments from god |
Abraham | the founder of Judaism |
Founder | a person who started it |
Judaism | the world's first monotheistic religion |
Monotheism | to believe in one god |
Polytheism | the belief in many gods |
Amon Re | The Egyptian sun god |
Social Class | a group of people based on status and wealth |
Pharaoh | the king of Egypt, referred to as a god |
Monarchy | One person in power of a government |
Dynasty | A group of families in power for a long period of time |
Calendar | Used by the Egyptians to mark when the flood would come |
River Valley | two mountains with a stream of water between them (BOTH Mesopotamia and Egypt were River Valleys) |
Natural Barriers in Egypt | Deserts, provided protection for the people in Egypt |
Nile River | the major river that runs from south to north in Egypt |
Pyramid | a temple used by Egyptians to bury their Pharaohs |
Africa | the continent ancient Egypt is in |
Irrigation | the system of watering dry land used by the Egyptians AND Mesopotamians |
Wheel | A means for transportation used by both the Egyptians and Mesopotamians |
Plow | A system of loosening up hard land (simple digging sticks attached to a human/animal) Used by both Mesopotamians and Ancient Egypt |
deity | the same meaning of the word "God" |
Torah | the holy book of Judaism |
Hieroglyphics | the Egyptian writing system based on pictures that represent words/symbols and sounds |
Papyrus | The paper-like material the Egyptians used to write on |
Osiris | the god of the After Life |
Isis | Osiris' wife, the god of fertility |
Ramses II | made the worlds first peace treaty, ruled for 66 years, and was an Egyptian pharaoh. |
Myth | a commonly told story that becomes a part of a societies history |
Delta | streams of water near a rivers mouth that deposit fresh soil |
"The Gift of the Nile" | the annual flooding of the Nile River |
Geography | the physical appearance of the land |
Economy | the production, consumption and distribution of a society. |