Code of Hammurabi
Babylonian legal text
Neolithic Revolution
A turning point in the stone age when humans began farming.
Yahweh
God of Israel and Judah
David
third king of the United Kingdom of Israel
Homo sapiens sapiens
modern humans
Amenhotep IV/Ahkenaten
Egyptian pharaoh, dismantled religion during his reign
Neanderthals
extinct subspecies of human from 40,000 years ago
Zoroaster
Spiritual founder of Zoroastrianism
Hieroglyphics
Egyptian writing system
Cyrus the Great
founder of the Persian Empire
Solomon
Son and successor of David
Tutenkhamen
Son of Akhenaten, last of his royal family to rule during the end of the 18th Dynasty
Epic of Gilgamesh
An epic poem from Mesopotamia, and among the earliest known works of literary writing.
Hatshepsut
First female pharaoh who expanded Egypt through trade
Covenant
an agreement
Satrapy
the territory governed by an official known as a satrap
Nome/Nomarch
regions in pre-dynastic Egypt (nomes) were ruled by nomarchs
Exodus
the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt
Monotheism/polytheism
Monotheism is belief in one God and Polytheism is the belief in many Gods.
Phoenicians
Created the phonetic alphabet
What were each of the periods/kingdoms of Egyptian history known for?
Old Kingdom- people living in the Nile Valley first began to produce art and architecture Middle Kingdom- second period of stability and prosperity New Kingdom- rulers started being referred to as "pharaohs" and Egypt began trade with foreign powers