Chap 1 sec 1 Flashcards

1
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region with rich land and curve shape

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Fertile Crescent

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2
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Land between tigris and Euphrates rivers

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Mesopotamia

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3
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a city and its surrounding land acting as an individual country

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city state

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4
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new idea or product spreads from one culture to another

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Cultural Diffusion

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5
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Belief in more than one god

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Polytheism

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6
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several peoples, nations or individual states under control of one ruler

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empire

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7
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King who established Hammurabis code

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Hammurabi

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8
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king who united upper and lower Egypt

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Narmer

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9
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Egyptian god Kings

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Pharaohs

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10
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government where rule is based on religious authority

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theocracy

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11
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Sacred carvings, flexible writing system

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hieroglyphics

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12
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Egyptian writing surface grew in a marsh

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papyrus

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13
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way to preserve elite and official peoples bodies (Egyptian)

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mummification

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14
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resting place for Egyptian kings

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pyramid

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15
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broad marshy triangle land area formed by silt deposits

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delta

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