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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Neanderthals

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1st humans

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Paleothic Age

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Period where humans used simple stone tools

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Neolithic Revolution

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“New stone age”

Shift from gathering plants and hunting animals to producing food by systematic agriculture

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4
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Summerians

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Creators of Mesopotamian civilization

Adopted aspects of preexisting settlements

Established a number of independent cities
Ex. Ur

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5
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Ziggurat

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Massive step tower

Gods/goddesses

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Sargon

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Leader of Akkadians

He overran Sumerian city states

Used former rulers of conquered city states as governors

Established dynastic empire

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Code of hammurabi

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282 laws

A society with strict justice

Penalties for criminal offense were severe

Varied according to social class

“A eye for a eye, a tooth for a tooth”

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Cuniform

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System of writing used by Sumerians

Used a res stylus wedge shapes impressions on clay tablet then baked and sundried

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9
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Polytheism

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Believing in or worshiping MORE than one god

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Hieroglyphics

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Priest carvings or sacred writings

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11
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Hitties

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Indoeuropeans and native people

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12
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Hebrews

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Semitic speaking people of iseral

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Monotheism

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Belief that there is only ONE god (judaism)

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14
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Phoenicians

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Semitic speaking people

Resided along the Mediterranean coast

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15
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Assyrians

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Semitic speaking

Conquered meso

Built large empire

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16
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Chaldeans

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Semitic speaking

2nd Babylonian empire

Destroyed city of Nevada

King Neb

17
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Nebuchadnezzar

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Achieved the final defeat of the assryian empire

18
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Hanging gardens

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Built to satisfy nebs wife

Suppose to look like hills of persia

19
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Persians

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Indo europeans

Relates to medes

Cyrus defeated Chaldean

Conquered lidien empire

20
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Cyrus the great

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Leader of persians

Against the medes

21
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Zoroastrianism

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Persians religion

Founded by Zoroaster

Worship of supreme god Ahuramazda (represents the good against the evil spirt Ahriman)

22
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Zend Avesta

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Sacred book of zoroastrianism

23
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Ahramazda

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Only god

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