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Unit 1 Terms

1. Fertile Crescent- A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad half circle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates.
2. Mesopotamia- The land between the Tigris and Euphrates.
3. City- state- A city that governs itself well as the land and people around it.
4. Dynasty- A sequence of powerful leaders in the same family.
5. Cultural diffusion- The movement of customs and ideas from one culture to another.
6. Polytheism- The belief of the existence of many gods.
7. Empire- The domain ruled by an emperor or empress.
8. Hammurabi- Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC).
9. Delta- A low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water.
10. Namer-
11. Pharaoh- Egyptian king
12. Theocracy- Rule by Gods or, in an extended sense, by God’s Law and/ or God’s agents.
13. Pyramid- A massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt.
14. Mummification- embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy.
15.Hieroglyphics- Ancient system of writing based on pictorial character.
16.Papyrus- Tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that many purposes in historic times.
17.Hyksos- Greek word derived from Egyptian hekawet-hasut, which means “lords of the plains”.
18.New Kingdom the Middle Kingdom ended with the invasion of Egypt by the Hyksos from the east.
19.Thatmose III- Pharaoh whose military campaigns expanded the borders of Egypt.
20.Nubia- An ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile.
21.Ramses II
22.Kush- Ancient state on the territory of the modern Sudan also referred to as Kushite Empire.
23.Piankhi- Whose name was once transliterated as Piankhi Nubian.
24.Meroid
25.Palestine- An ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
26.Torah- The holy book of Judaism.
27.Abraham-T he first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac.
28.Monotheism- Belief in a single God
29.Covenant- A signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action.
30.Moses- Moses, the reputed author of the Pentateuch and protagonist of Exodus Medieval.
31.Judah- The original Judah was the fourth son Jacob and Leah.
32.Phoenicians- It is uncertain to what extent the Phoenicians viewed themselves as a single ethnicity.
33.Monsoon- This allows other regions of the world to qualify as monsoon regions.
34.Harappan Civilization- The mature phase of this civilization is known as the Harappan Civilization as the first of its cities.
35.Reincarnation- It means that once your soul is in peace you can move on in the afterlife.
36.Karma - A soul's karma or good and bad deeds follow from one life to another.
37.Siddhartha Gautama
38.Enlightenment
39.Nirvana-
40.Mandate of heaven - In Chinese history, the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority.
41.Feudalism - A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally.
42.Confucius -
43.Filial piety - Respect shown by children for their parents and elders.
44.Bureaucracy- A system of departments and agencies formed to carry out the work of goverment.
45.Daoism- Refers to a variety of related philosophical and
46.Legalism- Tomkins argues that courts and constitutions are a poor check on executive or legislative.
47.I Ching- The earliest extant version of the text, written on bamboo slips, albeit incomplete.
48.Yin and yang- It means light and dark, female and male and life or death.
49.Qin Dynasty- During its reign over China, the Qin Dynasty enjoyed increased trade, agriculture, and military security.
50.Autocracy- A political system governed by a single individual
51.Allah- Muslim name for the one and only God
52.Muhammad- The prophet who founded Islam.
53.Islam- an Arabic word which, since Mohammed’s time, has acquired a religious and technical significance denoting the religion Mohammed and of the Koran.
54.Hijrah- The flight of Muhammad and fellow believers from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE.
55.Mosque- A place of worship for Muslims, corresponding to a church or synagogue in other religions, and having at least one minaret; a masjid.
56.Hajj- Hajj is one of the five pillars or central duties of Islam.
57.Qur’an- The revealed book from God to Him which is a really living miracle.