Ancient civilization

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Ancient Civilizations

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Summerian
Babylonian
Egyptian
Cretan (Minoan)

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was the southernmost region of ancient Mesopotamia

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Sumeria

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Sumer is now (what country?

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modern day Iraq and Kuwait).

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The cradle of the world’s earliest known civilization

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Sumeria

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T or F
Sumer was established on 5600 BC

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F
3600 BC

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Sumeria is known as the

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First cities of the world

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Transformed families into tribes which became cities and were later called the

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States

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is the first writing system, developed around 3100 BC.

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Cuneiform

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representing actual things were the basis of cuneiform writing.

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Pictographs and drawings

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contains the Sumerian historical information and Culture.

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Sumerian Clay Tablet

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It began as record keeping for trade and evolved for writing down laws and stories

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Sunerian Clay Tablet

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the potter’s wheel was invented during?

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3500 BC

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. It was a heavy flat disk made of hardened clay.

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Potters wheel

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first astronomers, mapping the movement of stars, planets and the moon into sets of constellations, many of which were recognized by the ancient Greeks.

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Sumerians

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They built the foundation of logic, mathematics, engineering, architecture,agriculture, transportation and medicine.

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Sumerians

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system of counting in units of 60 which served as the basis of 3600 degree circle and 60 minute hour.

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Syxgesimal Systen

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systematized technique of farming by Sumerians

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Seed plow and irrigation

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Wool from sheep made into the textiles, mastered the arts of bleaching and dyeing.

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Sumerians

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Sailboat

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Summerians

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was the ancient region bordering the Tigris and Euphrates river

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Babylonia

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Tigris and Euphrates river

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Iraq

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Tigris and Euphrates river

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Iraq

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The capital is _____, and served as commercial and religious center in the Tigris-Euphrates valley

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Babylon

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was the first leader of the Babylonian Empire, promulgating the famous law code that served as rule and standards which helped maintain a period of stability in the region

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Hammurabi

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was the Neo Babylonian Emperor who ordered the construction of the hanging Gardens of Babylon

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Nebuchadnezzar ll

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one of the seven wonders of the world

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Gardens of Babylon

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a system of canals flanked by earthen dikes

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Irrigation

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System of bookkeeping, double entry accounting, multiplication and division tables and calculations using geometry.

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Babylonia

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Adopted the Sumerian sexagesimal system; made accurate predictions of astronomical phenomena like solar and lunar eclipses.

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Babylonia

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Situated in the northeastern part of the African continent, Egypt is located along the Nile River which provides a fertile delta.

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Egypt

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The Nile River gave life to the civilization of

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Egypt

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The early settlers were nomadic animal hunters, who soon changed their lifestyles to be farmland settlers.

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Egyptians

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Ancient Egyptians learned to heat ____ (copper, gold, and bronze) and made weapons and utensils.

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Metal ore

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They may have been the first people to make glass. They learned to heat sand in a hot furnace and blow the molten sand into glass.

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Egyptian

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They wrote with ink and brushes on paper made of papyrus reels

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Egyptian - Papyrus

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their writing was pictorial symbols known as

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Hieroglyphics

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Their knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, surgery and medical plants enabled them to embalm their dead.

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Egyptian

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Created the calendar based on the phases of the moon, consisting of ___% days.

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29% days

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The first 365-day calendar was devised by

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IMHOTEP

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The first 365-day calendar was devised by IMHOTEP.

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Egyptian

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Interest in astronomy focused on the stars. The early calendar was based on the appearance and disappearance of Sirius, the brightest in their horizon which coincided with the annual rise and fall of the Nile River. This helped them predict the annual flooding on the Nile River

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Egyptian

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still stand today as evidence of the Egyptians' Scientific expertise and technical skills in geometry, engineering, architecture and labor management.

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Pyramid

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oldest of the ancient wonders and only one still in existence in Egypt

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Giza Necropolis

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Iconic monuments of Egyptians

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Giza Necropolis Great Sphyinx, Ruins of Memphis and the valley of Kings.

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Located on the island of Crete and other Aegean islands such as Santorini

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Cretan or Minoan

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Cretan was rediscovered in the 20th century through the work of British archaeologist

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Arthur Evans

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Who said that Cretan is the “ The first Iink in the European chain.”

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Will Durant

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Cretan were an Aegean Bronze Age civilization, ruled by

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King Minos

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Capital of Cretan

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Knosses

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Knosses is the grandest site of _ age palaces

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Bronze age

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were mercantile people engaged in overseas trade.

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Cretan or Minoans

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Bronze Age's important tin trade of Cretans

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tin, alloyed with copper apparently was from Cyprus.

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became the central exporter of wine, oil, jewelry, and highly crafted works. They become importers of raw materials and food.

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Crete

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They built the first major navy ship in the world in which its main purpose was trade, not war

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Cretans or Minoans

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They constructed well drainage systems, public halls, courtyards, and religious shrines.

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Cretans or Minoans

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Minoans cities were connected With ________ roads, formed from blocks cut with bronze saws. Streets were with good drainage and sewer facilities.

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Stone-paved roads

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Around 1600 BC, Akrotiri was shaken by a violent earthquake. Sometime later, the Theran eruption occurred; it was one of the largest in human history, blasting more than ____ million tons of ash, gas and rock ____ miles into the atmosphere.

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blasting more than 10 million tons of ash, gas and rock 25 miles into the atmosphere.

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After ____ years, the civilization of cretans and minoans are wiped out

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50 years

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Earthquakes and fires destroyed Knossos and other places. True or False

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True