Ancient Civilizations 3500 -500 BCE

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Irrigation

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Watering of lands by artificial means to grow plants

Irrigate a field, irrigate crops

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Epic of Gilgamesh

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Gives insight to ancient life of Sumerians

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Hummurabi Code

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Babylonian harsh and cruel legal code of the 18th century BC dealing with criminal and civil matters

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Economic Specialization

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“Division of Labor”

Breakdown of labor into its components among different people to increase productivity and effectiveness

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Stratified Patriarchal Society

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Cuneiform

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Form of writing in the ancient Middle East

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Moses

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Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites our of Egyptian slavery
At Mt Sinai delivered the law establishing Gods covenant with them

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Polytheism

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Act of following more than one god

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Semitic

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Language spoken by Semites

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City-State

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State with its own government and includes cities and territories surrounding it

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Indo-European

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Group of European and Asian languages

Spoken from South Asia to Western Europe and in the United States

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Pastoral Nomads

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Group dependent on animals, live on animal products

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Phoenicians

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Ancient Mesopotamian civilization who created the first alphabet

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Monotheism

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Act of worshiping one god

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Pharaoh

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Ruler of ancient Egypt

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Savannah

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Open grassland, usually scattered with bushes or trees like most of tropical Africa

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Hebrews, Jews, Israelites

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Refers to people from the same nation, which sprung from Abraham
Hebrews- descents from Abraham
Jews- inhabitants of Judah
Israelites- inhabitants of Israel

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Abraham

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Invented monotheism, important in 3 major religions
Jew- father Israelites
Christian- first patriarch
Muslim- Ibrahim, father of Arab

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Mercenary

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Soldier fighting for money

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Scribe

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Copier of the (Jewish) documents

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Hieroglyphics

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Egyptian writing

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Rosetta Stone

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Stone with parallel texts

Stone tablet found in 1799 with ancient languages

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Aryans

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People who spoke an Indo-European language

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Artisan

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Craftsmen

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Harappa/Harappans

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A Bronze Age culture that flourished in the Indus Valley.

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Vedas (Vedic Age)

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Oldest scriptures of Hinduism

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Upanishads

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Ancient scripture of Hinduism

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Brahman

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Highest Hindu God

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Karma

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Destiny or Fate | Actions determining future state; in Hindu and Buddhist philosophy

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Dharma

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Hinduism - righteousness earned by performing religious and social duties Buddhist- truth about the way things are and will always be in the universe of nature

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Ascetic

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China's Sorrow

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Yellow River

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Hereditary State

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Passing down of power through blood lines | Used in ancient Chinese dynasties

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Shang Dynasty

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Imperial dynasty ruling China from about 1765 to 1123 BC

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Zhou dynasty

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1122 to 211 BC | Rise of Confucianism and Taoism

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Qin Dynasty

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246 to 206 BC First centralized imperial government Built Great Wall

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Han dynasty

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206 to 220 BC Expanded boundaries Developed bureaucracy

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Mandate of Heaven

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Circumstances where a ruler can rule Good rulers would be allowed to rule with the Mandate of Heaven Unjust rulers would have the mandate revoked

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Decentralized authority

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Distribute administrative tasks among local authorities

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Royal court

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Family and accompanying members of a sovereign or prince

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Ancestor veneration

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Worshiping ancestors

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Oracle bones

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A bone used in China especially during the Shang dynasty, people wrote questions in it, heated it, and got an answer from the cracks

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Steppe Nomads

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Nomadic people in a vast usually treeless tract in southeastern Europe or Asia

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River Valley civilizations

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Nile Yellow Indus Tigris-Euphrates

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Maize

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English corn

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Terrance Farming

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Farming on hills | Made by Incans

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Bering Land Bridge

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Ice bridge that allowed prehistoric people and animals access into America

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Andean Highlands

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Longest continental mountain range

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Austronesian Peoples

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Various languages spoken in south East Asian and Oceania