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1
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Most important/longest river

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Nile river

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Nile river used for

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  • food/other riches
  • yearly flooding -> irrigation
  • water
  • unification
  • travel
  • natural barrier
  • isolation/changelessness -> prosperity
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Time divisions (+in between)

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  • Old kingdom
  • political disorder/invasions
  • Middle kingdom
  • New kingdom
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King Menes

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  • united upper/lower Egypt

- first dynasty

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Government setup Egypt

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  • pharaoh
  • bureaucracy (support)
  • 42 provinces, each run by governors chosen by the pharaoh
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Pyramids were built under…

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King Khufu

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Mummification

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  • Preserved body after death
  • expensive, only rich did it
  • pharaohs were mummified and placed in the pyramids
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Middle Kingdom traits

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  • golden age of stability
  • expansion
  • new fortresses
  • pharaohs became more concerned about their people (expected to provide more)
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Social classes Egypt

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  • pharaoh
  • nobles/priests
  • merchants/artisans/scribes/tax collectors
  • farmers
  • slaves
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Farmers worked for…

Egypt

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Higher classes

  • military service
  • labor
  • paid crop taxes
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Marriage/family/jobs Egypt

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  • arranged marriages (girls=12, boys=14)
  • sons carried family name
  • husband is household leader
  • women had property rights, yet were denied most jobs
  • upper class women became priestesses (+4 pharaohs)
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The Egyptian writing system was called…

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Hieroglyphics

-hieratic script = simplified

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Math developments Egypt

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  • numbers
  • area/volume/geometry
  • calendar (365 days)
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Pastoral nomads

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  • relied on domesticated animals (food/clothing
  • formed the Hittite Kingdom
  • threatened power of Egyptians
  • first Indo-Europeans to use iron
  • destroyed by mysterious “sea peoples”
  • new West Asian empires
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Phonecians

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  • trade (sea)
  • colonies in Western Mediterranean
  • modern alphabet
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Israelites

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  • Judaism (monotheistic=one god)
  • King Solomon=height of power
  • after death, Israel split into two
  • Kingdom of Israel/Judah
  • kingdoms faded, however, religion stayed
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Minoans

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  • lived on the island of Crete
  • trade (sea)
  • mysterious destruction
18
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Indian geography (impact)

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  • Ganges + Indes = most important
  • diverse (people)
  • monsoon brought seasonal rain (too heavy/too light)
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Indus River Valley Civilization

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  • Cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
  • 35,000 to 40,000 people
  • farming/trading (land)
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Migration/interaction India

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  • ending=mystery
  • culture shift
  • Aryan settlement
  • nomadic -> farming
  • small kingdoms/wars until 4th century
21
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4th century India changes

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-large Indian state
-centered on family
-oldest male = household leader
-only men get property
12 years of study before marriage

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Suttee india

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  • a former practice in India where a widow kills herself once her wife dies
  • voluntary, yet people were shunned if they didn’t participate
23
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Ideographs Chinese

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-characters in Chinese in which picture or character symbols are combined to represent ideas. For example, showing the sun rising behind the trees to represent “east”

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Shang dynasty

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The 2nd Chinese dynasty, which was mostly a farming society but was also concerned with warfare

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Filial piety

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The duty of members of a family to subordinate their needs and desires to those of the male head of the family

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Pictographs Chinese

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Characters or picture symbols in the Chinese language that represent an object, like a mountain or the sun

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Zhou dynasty

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Longest-lasting Chinese dynasty, ruled for almost 800 years and claimed possession of the Mandate of Heaven to rule

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Mandate of Heaven Chinese

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The permission from heaven to rule over the people, in Chinese culture. You obtain this by being in charge of the Chinese people, and to get/stay there, you need this mandate

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Northern/western borders of china

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Mountains and deserts

30
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Northern conflicts between the Chinese and the…

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Mongolians

31
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During Shang dynasty, the class of people that owned the land and waged war were the…

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Aristocrats

32
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Basic economic and social unit in ancient China

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Family

33
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Chinese geography

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  • Largest population/culture base
  • 10% suitable for farming
  • climates vary by region/season
  • summer=wet
  • winter=cold/dry
34
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First Chinese dynasty

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Xia

35
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Shang social classes

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  • Royal family (dynasty)
  • aristocracy (rulers of provinces)
  • farmers/slaves
36
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Oracle bones

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  • used to communicate with gods
  • scratched questions
  • struck with metal rod
  • cracks in bone interpreted as answers from the gods
37
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Afterlife China

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  • burned physical objects to accompany the dead

- spirits brought good/bad fortune to family (IMPORTANT^^^^^)

38
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Zhou dynasty

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  • overthrew shang
  • Dao=ruling the proper way, if not followed, a new king is chosen
  • warfare changes (iron/Calvary)
  • family = sacred
39
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Most important Chinese rivers (2)

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  • Huang He (Yellow) River

- Chang Jiang River

World History Quiz #2 (2 decks)

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