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Chapter 2 Section 1 Flashcards

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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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Two rivers in Western Asia that flow into the Persian Gulf

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Mesopotamia

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A valley between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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Fertile Crescent

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An arc of land in the Mediterranean/Persian gulf with nutrient-rich soil

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Silt

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A material made of river deposits

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Sumer

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One of the 3 first Mesopotamian cities

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Polytheistic

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Believing in many gods

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Ur and Urk

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Independent southern Mesopotamian cities

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City states

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Basic units of Sumerian civilization

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Ziggurat

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An important temple in cities which are dedicated to the gods

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Theocracy

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The belief that gods possessed mortal forms to rule a city

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Bronze

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A metal used for tools that corroded less than other metals

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Transport

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To move an object or thing to another place

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Innovations

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To introduce a new idea

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Cuneiform

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A type of writing used on clay tablets in the Old Kingdom

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Scribe

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Men who documented civil affairs using cuneiform

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The epic of Gilgamesh

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A poem used to show immortality was only for the gods, not the people

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Wagon wheel

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A tool used to transport things over land

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Sundial

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A tool used to keep track of time using the sun

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Akkadians

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The people located north of Sumerian city states

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Sargon

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A leader of the Akkadians

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Empire

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A large political area/state under one ruler

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Babylon

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A city south of Akkad

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Hammurabi

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A king who united Sumer and Akkad as a Mesopotamian kingdom

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Code of Hammurabi

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A set of laws with extreme consequences if broken

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Patriarchal

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A society dominated mostly by men

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Sumerians

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The people of Sumer, and the creators of the first Mesopotamian civilization

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