Ancient Civilizations

A system of organizing/ranking groups of people according to status or authority

• Pyramid
• Categorization
• Ordering
• Hierarchy

Wedge-shaped writing of the ancient Sumerians

• kanji
• runes
• hieroglyphics
• cuneiform

• A temple built to honor the chief god or goddess of an ancient Sumerian city-state

• Colosseum
• Acropolis
• Pyramid
• Ziggurat

An independent, self-governing country that exists in the borders of a single city

• town-nation
• village-republic
• city-state
• metropolis-country

the belief in many gods

• Monotheism
• Polytheism
• Pantheism
• Atheism

the belief in one god

• atheism
• pantheism
• monotheism
• polytheism

• the title of the rulers of ancient Egypt

• Pharaoh
• Emperor
• Sultan
• Czar

• a form of government in which the ruler is also the religious leader

• monarchy
• autocracy
• oligarchy
• theocracy

a form of picture writing developed by the ancient Egyptians

• Hieroglyphics
• Alphabet
• Kanji
• Cuneiform

• a form of paper made and used by  ancient Egyptians;

• made from a plant that grows along the Nile River

• Silk
• Papyrus
• Bamboo
• Cotton