World History Unit 1 Vocab
Across
- 4. A site of human habitation that was occupied between approximately 7400-5200BCE
- 6. Sargon of Akkad was considered a god by his subjects, along with his son Naram-Sin.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 13. relating to or characterized by belief in or worship of more than one god.
- 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.
- 17. The land between the tigris and euphrates rivers
- 18. The process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm
Down
- 1. a line of hereditary rulers of a country.
- 2. a member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting and fishing, and harvesting wild food.
- 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
- 5. Lower Egypt is in the north and contains the Nile Delta, while Upper Egypt contains areas to the South.
- 6. The process of concentrating on and becoming expert in a particular subject or skill
- 7. the period of prehistory from approximately 3.3 million years ago to around 12,000 years ago
- 12. the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean;
- 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.
- 14. Solomon is known for being the king of Israel who built the first Temple in Jerusalem.
- 16. living the life of a nomad wandering