Worldview, Mesopotamia, Egypt

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  1. 1. king and judge of the underworld; Egyptian god of vegetation and growth
  2. 2. beliefs on how to behave or conduct oneself based on right and wrong
  3. 5. all powerful
  4. 9. history (c. A.D. 500 - c. A.D. 1500) the period of history from the fall of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the Protestant Reformation
  5. 11. (c. 3200 B.C.) king of Upper Egypt that conquered Lower Egypt and united the kingdom of Egypt
  6. 12. ultimate power or authority
  7. 14. Mesopotamian King of Uruk about whom an epic story was written
  8. 15. history (c. A.D. 1500 - present) the period of history from the beginning of the Protestant Reformation until nowFertile Crescent a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
  9. 16. the act of using one's will to make a conscious choice
  10. 17. the ability to make decisions or take action based on reason
  11. 19. awareness of one's self
  12. 21. existing in one's mind; related to one's point of view, not facts
  13. 22. our memory, record, or story of things that happened before now
  14. 23. ancient Egyptian writing system that was both pictographic (pictures represent words) and alphabetic (letters represent sounds)
  15. 26. (1332-1323 B.C.) pharaoh whose tomb was discovered intact in 1922; now known as King Tut
  16. 28. ancient Babylonian law code; one of the oldest law codes in history; associated with the phrase: "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
  17. 35. (1353-1336B.C.) established monotheistic worship of Aten during his reign as pharaoh; originally called Amenhotep IV
  18. 36. the writing-style of Mesopotamia; crafted by applying a stylus to a clay tablet; the word literally means "wedge-shaped"
  19. 37. beliefs about right and wrong
  20. 38. one of the oldest recorded civilizations; means "between rivers"
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  1. 1. having actual existence or reality; related to facts, not just one's point of view
  2. 3. belief in many gods
  3. 4. wife and sister of Osiris and the mother of Horus; goddess of nature and magic
  4. 6. all knowing
  5. 7. a long and distinct period of time that has a particular characteristic
  6. 8. the basic assumptions one believes about life and reality; the way one views the world
  7. 10. title for the great rulers of ancient Egypt
  8. 13. the two famous rivers of Mesopotamia; their unpredictable flooding sometimes resulted in disaster
  9. 18. history (c. 4000 B.C. - c. A.D. 500) the period of history from the beginning of recorded history to the fall of the Roman Empire
  10. 20. (51-30 B.C.) the last of the great pharaohs; romantically involved with Julius Caesar and later Mark Antony
  11. 24. Egyptian god of light and sky
  12. 25. huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek, and a later form of Egyptian that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing.
  13. 27. the belief that humans, animals, plants, and inanimate objects are spiritual being with souls
  14. 29. Latin for "in the year of our Lord"
  15. 30. the Egyptian sun god; born every day with the sunrise and died every night with the sunset
  16. 31. the tendency to adopt and adapt the religious ideas and practices of other peoples
  17. 32. an individual being with a mind, emotions, and a will
  18. 33. Akkadian emperor who conquered Mesopotamia around 2340; known as the world's first conqueror
  19. 34. temples made of mud brick and timber in Mesopotamia ; shaped as step-pyramids
  20. 39. all of the things that happened before now