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Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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2 main cities of early Indian civilization

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Harappa and Mohenjo-daro 2600-1900 BCE

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How did Mesopotamian priests get their positions?

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They inherited them from there fathers

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What is the likely reason Egypt didn’t create a code of laws ?

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As God on earth, the king was the source of all law.

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4
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What were important food crops of the Americas

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Maze, Manioc, and Potatoes

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5
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Agriculture in Mesopotamia depended on what?

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Canals and Irrigation

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6
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The motevation for Mesopotamian conquest of far reaching territories was

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The need for vital resources

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7
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Mesopotamian writing system

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Cuneiform

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8
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What the temples house in Mesopotamian cities

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The cult of the deity or deities

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9
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Earliest documented people of Mesopotamia

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Summarians

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10
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The indus Valley system of writing has…

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….not been deciphered

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11
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The agricultural revolution(s) occurred in this era

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Neolithic

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12
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The annual flood of the nile could be described as..

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..fairly regular

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13
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Merchant activity in Mesopotamia took place without…

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coins

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14
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Slavery in ancient Egypt was….

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limited and of little economic significance

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15
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The first recognizable cultural activity of humans was…

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stone tool making

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16
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Mesopotamia, Egypt, an the Indus Valley Civilization were all…

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based on fertile flood plains and river valleys

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17
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Mesopotamian society had this many classes…

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3

(1) :the free landowning class
(2) :the class of dependent farmers
(3) :the class of slaves

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18
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The earliest evidence of agriculture was in the region..

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the middle east

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19
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what was not included in the Semitic family of languages….

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Elamite

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20
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What was Hammurabi best known for?

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His law code

21
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what happened in the epic of Gilgamesh?

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king ordered a temple prostitute to go and lure an animal like man back into civilization with her charms. she teaches him about every day activities and expected customs.

22
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civilization

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any group of people with administrative centers, political system based on control, non-food producing activities, status distinction, monuments, records, long distance trade.

23
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culture

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learned patterns of action and expression

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history

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development, transmission. and transformation, of cultural practices and event practices

25
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stone age

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2 million years ago- 4000 years ago (stone tools)

26
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paleolithic

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old stone age

lasted since 10,000 years ago

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neolithic

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new stone age (associated with agriculture)

28
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foragers

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hunting/food gathering people

29
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agricultural revolution

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the transition from gathering food to producing food in different places at different times

30
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holocene

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era around 9000 BCE

31
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megalith

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big stones related to religious belief

32
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babylon

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the most important city in southern Mesopotamia in 2nd and 1st millennia

33
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Summarians

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a Mesopotamian civilization ~5000 BCE

34
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Semitic

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a family of languages spoken in parts of western asia and northern Africa ( Hebrew, Aramaic , and Phoenician)

35
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city-state

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a self governing urban center and the agricultural territories it controlled

36
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Hammurabi

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ruler from 1792-1750 BCE who initiated aggressive military

37
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scribe

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an administrator of scholar charged by the temple/palace with reading/writing

38
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ziggurat

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a multistory, mud-brick , pyramid shaped tower approached by ramps and stairs

39
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amulet

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small charm meath to protect bearer from evil

40
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cuneiform

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stylized combinations of strokes and wedges (latin for wedge shaped)

41
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pharaoh

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an Egyptian King

42
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Ma’at

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divinely authorized order of the universe

43
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pyramid

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a series of layered stones on top of one another to form an point

44
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memphis

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dynasty capital south of Thebes (new kingdom)

45
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Thebes

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area of a ruling dynasties capital (old kingdom )

46
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hieroglyphics

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Egyptian writing system

47
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papyrus

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a paper made from papyrus reeds

48
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mummy

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a de-organed sand/salt filled preserved body wrapped in linen

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