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2.1 Flashcards

1
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First civilization developed in

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Sumer

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2
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When was Sumer developed

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5,000 years ago

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3
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Tigris-Euphrates Valley lies in

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Fertile Crescent

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Greeks named Tigris-Euphrates Valley

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Mesopotamia

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5
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Mesopotamia means

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Between rivers

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6
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First Civilization made when + where

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3300 B.C. in south western Mesopotamia

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7
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Tigris-Euphrates valley flows through

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Turkey - Iraq - Persian Gulf

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8
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What caused flood damage

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Melting of snow + overflowing of rivers

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9
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What made the land fertile and increased food supply even after flood

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Silt from floodwaters

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10
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The Fertile Crescent gave Access to these 3 continents

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Asia, Africa, Europe

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11
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-people & ideas a met & mingled at ….

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Crossoads

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12
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How did Groups affect the Fertile Crescent when they arrived

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They contributed 2 its history

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13
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civilization in Mesopotamia depended on

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The Control of the Tigris-Euphrates

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14
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hero during destrutive flood

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

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15
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Famine was caused by

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Floods, droughts, hot winds

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16
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Together Farmers built ___

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Dikes, damns, irrigation systems

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17
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Construction of a complex irrigation system required and brought forth a

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Well run government

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18
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Who organized constructions

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Priest and royal offices

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19
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What factors helped Sumer thrive

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Government, religion, hierarchy

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20
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What where Sumerian city-states

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Sumerian cites and the surrounding land

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21
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The Sumerians had few natural resources so they used __ & __ as the building block of many things

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Clay and water bricks

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22
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Sumerian cities had broad avenue for their

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Large parades

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23
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Large Sumerian temples that reached the sky

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Ziggurats

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24
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Statues of gods and goddesses

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Shrines

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25
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Each ___ had a chief god/goddess

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City

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26
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Lived in palaces

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Rulers

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27
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Lived in tiny house

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Sumerian citizens

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28
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People who had the same trade ___

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Lived on the same street

29
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Ancestor of today’s shopping mall

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Bazaar

30
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____ made Sumerian cities rich

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Trade

31
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Traders used ____ for carrying goods

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Wheeled carts

32
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Rivaling city-states battled for control of

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Land & Water

33
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Form of government led by kings and queens born into their title

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Monarchy

34
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Rulers maintained these 3 things

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City walls, irrigation, war/laws

35
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Rulers employed _____ for smaller tasks

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Scribes

36
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Rulers had ____ duties as ___________

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Religious Priest-kings

37
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Each Sumerian city-states had ______ for their social class

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Hierarchies

38
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Ruling families were considered

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High class

39
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Scribes merchants etc were considered

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Middle class

40
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The majority were

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Peasant farmers

41
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Farmers tended _______ land or _______ land

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Their own The king’s

42
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The enslaved people were _____ or ____

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Captured at war __________ worked to pay their debts

43
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Women in Mesopotamia had a higher social status early on in Sumer since

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Sumerian also worshiped goddesses

44
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The Sumerian religion was

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Polytheism

45
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Polytheistic means

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Believes in multiple gods

46
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Sumerians believed that gods/goddesses controlled __________

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All aspects of life

47
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Sumerians believed that gods/goddesses behaved _________

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Like ordinary people

48
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Sumerian’s religious duty was to __________

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Keep gods and goddesses happy

49
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At new year the king won _____

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Inanna’s favor

50
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This ritual at new year was supposed to make the year

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Fruitful and prosperous

51
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Sumerian believed in an _____ in the ____ at death

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Afterlife in the underworld

52
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Sumerian writing

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Cuneiform

53
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Cuneiform was written by

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Scribes

54
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______ got many customs from Sumerians and altered them

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Newcomers

55
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Sumer’s traditions were ______ and _________

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Adopted and spread across the Middle East

56
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Sumerians used geometry and Astronomy for making _____ and predicting ____

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Calendars. Eclipses

57
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Sumerian’s number system was based on the number

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60

58
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Astronomy was done by

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Priests

59
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Sumerians shaped wet clay into

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Pottery

60
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Was used for tools and weapons

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Bronze

61
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Used to weave cloth

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Looms

62
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Some art Sumerians made are

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Instruments Jewlery and statues

63
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Sumerian signed documents using

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Cylinder seals rolled onto wet clay

64
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Sumer had rich

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Oral literature

65
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When Sumerian city states were conquered the ____ disappeared but the ____ survived

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Language

Ideas & Inventions

66
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Sumerian heritage was passed on through

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Mesopotamians
Greeks & Romans
Western World

67
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Sumerian knowledge and achievements were preserved and furthered, they shape

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The western world today

68
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Fertile Crescent is now

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Iraq

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