DC Euro Unit One Identification

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