Early Argarian Societies Test

Polytheistic

To believe in many gods

Cuneiform

The writing system primarily used in Sumer which grew out of a system of pictographs used to record goods

Scribe

A person who was trained to read and write

Hierarchy 

A system of ranking groups (usually in social classes) 

Ziggurat

Pyramid temples that soared towards the heavens where on top stood the shrine of a particular god or goddess of each city in Sumer

Delta

A triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of sit at the mouth of some river that empties out into a larger body of water

Cataracts

Waterfalls

Double Crown:white/red

A symbol of unity of the upper and lower egypt, worn by king

Dynasty

A line of hereditary rulers of a country or civilization

Vizier ; Pharaoh

The next in line to the Pharaoh;Egyption rulers

Hieroglyphics

The writing system developed by ancient Egyptions which used symbols and pictures to represent objects, concepts or sounds 

Papyrus

A plant that grows along the Nile and was used as a paper-like writing material

Mummification

The preservation of dead bodies by embalming them and wrapping them in cloth

ILLS Organs

Intestines, liver, lungs and stomach — they saved these organs because they thought they were important

Book of the dead

a book of spells brought for protection in the afterlife

Feather of truth

The feather that Osiris of Egypt weighed each soul’s heart of a person who died against it, and if your heart weighed less than the feather, meaning you were a truthful person, you entered the happy field of food, but if it weighed more than you would be eaten by Ammut

Serpopods

A snake leopard animal on a Narmer 

Purpose of Cosmetics/eye black

Worn on Egyptians to protect their eyes from the sun when in the dessert

Subcontinent

A large landmass that juts out from a continent

Plateau

A raised area of level land

Veneration

A special regard or respect for

Feudalism

A system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other forms of support to the ruler 

Clan

Groups of families who claim a common ancestor

Dynasty

A line of hereditary rulers of a country

Loess

fine windblown yellow soil that carries eastward form Siberia and Mongolia

Philosophy

A system of ideas, that was concerned with worldly goals, especially those of ensuring social order and good government 

Oracle bones

Used by priests to predict the future

Filiial Piety

Respect for your parents above all other duties

Gilgamesh

The hero of the Epic of Gilgamesh, a long narrative poem that described the whereabouts of Gilgamesh in his unsuccessful quest for immortality

Happy Field of Food

Where the souls of Egyptians who died went if their heart was lighter than the feather of truth, and it was filled with all the souls favorite foods to eat

Anubis, Set, Nephythys

The wife and sister of Set

Osiris, Set, Horace

Osiris and Set are brothers, and Horace is Osiris’s Son, but Set murdered Osiris to gain the throne of his brothers kingdoms, however Horace avenged his father and reclaimed the kingdom after a struggle with Set 

Amon Re(Ra) 

Sun god 

Ammut

the hybrid lion, hippotamus, and crocodile who ate the souls of egyptions whose hearts weighed more than the feather of truth

Narmer/Menes

The unifier of upper and lower Egypt 

Harrapa/Mohenjo-Daro

The 2 cities that disappeared in the Indus Valley

Cunfucius

The Philosopher who came up with the 5 most important relationships

Lao-Tzi

The Philosopher who formed Dau ism which was the philosophy of living in harmony with nature

Decentralized/Centralized 

Centralizations concentrates power and decision-making at the top whereas decentralization divides power among various groups 

Mandate of Heaven

A Chinese philosophical concept that justified a rulers authority by the divine power based on their ability to govern justly and wisely