World History Unit 1 Vocab

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  1. 4. A site of human habitation that was occupied between approximately 7400-5200BCE
  2. 6. Sargon of Akkad was considered a god by his subjects, along with his son Naram-Sin.
  3. 8. a prehistoric period that followed the Stone Age and preceded the Iron Age, when certain weapons and tools came to be made of bronze rather than stone.
  4. 9. a set of letters or symbols in a fixed order, used to represent the basic sounds of a language; in particular, the set of letters from A to Z.
  5. 10. Darius I, commonly known as Darius the Great, was a Persian ruler who served as the third King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 522 BCE until his death in 486 BCE
  6. 11. a political system consisting of an independent city having sovereignty over contiguous territory and serving as a centre and leader of political, economic, and cultural life.
  7. 13. relating to or characterized by belief in or worship of more than one god.
  8. 15. (especially in ancient Egypt) a body of a human being or animal that has been ceremonially preserved by removal of the internal organs, treatment with natron and resin, and wrapping in bandages.
  9. 17. The land between the tigris and euphrates rivers
  10. 18. The process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm
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  1. 1. a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
  2. 2. a member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting and fishing, and harvesting wild food.
  3. 3. an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower consisting of a lofty pyramidal structure built in successive stages with outside staircases and a shrine at the top
  4. 5. Lower Egypt is in the north and contains the Nile Delta, while Upper Egypt contains areas to the South.
  5. 6. The process of concentrating on and becoming expert in a particular subject or skill
  6. 7. the period of prehistory from approximately 3.3 million years ago to around 12,000 years ago
  7. 12. the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean;
  8. 13. a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.
  9. 14. Solomon is known for being the king of Israel who built the first Temple in Jerusalem.
  10. 16. living the life of a nomad wandering