1. UNIT 3 VOCABULARY Ancient Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt

2. Empire  All of the combined territory of a powerful nation.

3. Flood  A great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.

4. Irrigation  The artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.

5. Monotheism  The belief that there is only one God.

6. Theocracy  A government ruled by religious leaders who claim a god’s (or God’s) authority.

7. Temple  A place dedicated to the worship of a god or many gods.

8. Monument  An obelisk, statue, building, etc., created to memorialize a person or event.

9. Nobles  People belonging to a privileged social or political class whose status is usually indicated by a title.

10. Bureaucracy  The officials & administrators of a government.

11. Delta  A triangular region formed at the mouth of a river by deposits of silt.

12. Pyramids  Typically used as a tomb for ancient Egyptian pharaohs.

13. Mastabas  A type of ancient Egyptian tomb; a flat-roofed, rectangular structure; marked the burial site of many important Egyptians.

14. Corvée Labor  Often unpaid labor; required of people of lower social status & imposed on them by the state or a superior; the earliest & most widespread form of taxation.

15. Mummification  The process of preserving the body with chemicals after death.