Western River Valley Civilizations Vocabulary

Fertile Crescent

• An area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
• A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.
• Well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia famous for its "eye for an eye" justice.
• A tiered, pyramid-shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple

Cuneiform

• An area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
• A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.
• Well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia famous for its "eye for an eye" justice.
• A tiered, pyramid-shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple

Hammurabi's Code

• An area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
• A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.
• Well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia famous for its "eye for an eye" justice.
• A tiered, pyramid-shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple

Ziggurat

• An area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
• A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.
• Well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia famous for its "eye for an eye" justice.
• A tiered, pyramid-shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple

City-state

• Egyptian writing that involved using pictures to represent words.
• A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory.
• the first monotheistic religion that was founded by Abraham.
• the belief in or worship of one god.

Polytheism

• Belief in or worship of more than one god.
• Triangle shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river
• A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.
• Huge, triangular shaped burial tombs of Egyptian pharaohs built during the Old Kingdom.

Delta

• Belief in or worship of more than one god.
• Triangle shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river
• A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.
• Huge, triangular shaped burial tombs of Egyptian pharaohs built during the Old Kingdom.

Pharaoh

• Belief in or worship of more than one god.
• Triangle shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river
• A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.
• Huge, triangular shaped burial tombs of Egyptian pharaohs built during the Old Kingdom.

Pyramid

• Belief in or worship of more than one god.
• Triangle shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river
• A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political and military leader.
• Huge, triangular shaped burial tombs of Egyptian pharaohs built during the Old Kingdom.

Hieroglyphics

• Egyptian writing that involved using pictures to represent words.
• Large stone slab artifact that unlocked the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics and allowed them to be translated.
• the first monotheistic religion that was founded by Abraham.
• the belief in or worship of one god.