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Chapter 2 Definitions Flashcards

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Code of Hammurabi

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Earliest sets of laws, ordered by Hammurabi

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Cradle of civilization

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The Fertile Crescent

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Cuneiform

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A type of writing used in ancient Mesopotamia

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Egypt

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Gift of the Nile

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“The gift of the Nile”

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Egypt, flood waters

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Epic of Gilgamesh

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Poem from ancient Mesopotamia about a man’s quest for immortality

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Harappa

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Village in Pakistan, site of cities in Indus Valley

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Hatshepsut

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1472-1457 BC famous female leader

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Hebrews

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Israelites, make up Israel

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Hieroglyphs

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Ancient drawings, form of drawing

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Hittites

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Indo European people group that found empire in Asia Minor

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Hyksos

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Nomadic people conquered and ruled accent Egypt

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Indus Valley

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indus valley civilizations (one of earliest)

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mandate of heaven

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found in china, got ability to rule

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Mesopotamia

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one of the earliest civilizations, fertile crescent

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minoan civilizations

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aggean bronze age civilizations on crete island, related to Greeks

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mohenjo daro

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major city of indus valley 2000 bc

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norte chico/caral

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south america (peru), largest of 25 cities found in norte chico

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nubia

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dark skinned, south of egypt, early writing system, iron working industry

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olmec civilization

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yukatan peninsula, early civilization

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oracle bones

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pieces of animal bones, used to tell the future

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patriarchy

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rule of father, emphasize male dominance

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pharaoh

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leader of egypt

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phoenicians

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made alphabet, traders by boat

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pyramid

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tomb of egyptians

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quipu

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counting device used in norte chico

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rise of the state

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organized states that helped keep the peace among the ancient civilizations

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salinization

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build up of salt in soil

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sanxingdui

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believed to be site of major acient chinese city, now sichian china

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shag dynasty

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subsequent dynasty; helped enlarge chinese state, lavish tombs for leaders, buried sacrificial victims

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son of heaven

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ancient chinese kings

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teotihuacan

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mesoamerican city located in central valley of mexico

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uruk

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ancient mesopotamias largest cities

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xia dynasty

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traditionally seen as 1st dynasty of chinese history

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zhou dynasty

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subsequent dynasty, helped enlarge chinese state, lavish tombs for leaders, buried sacrificed victims

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ziggurat

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stepped pyramid

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