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Civilizations Flashcards

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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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Rivers in Asia

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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 Mediterranean- Persian Gulf with rich soil

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Silt

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A material made from river deposits

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Sumer

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One of 3 first Mesopotamian cities

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Polytheistic

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Believing in many gods

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Ur and Uruk

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Independent southern Mesopotamia 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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A prominent temple in the center of towns dedicated to the gods

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Theocracy

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A belief that the gods ruled a coty

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Bronze

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A mental used in tools that corroded less

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Transport

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To move something 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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The writing used by early Egyptians

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Scribe

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Men who documented things on clay tablets

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

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A poem showing immortality was only for the gods

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Wagon wheel

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A tool used to help transport things

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Sundial

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A tool used to keep time

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Akkadians

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The people to the North of Sumían city states

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Sargon

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The 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 state south of Akkad

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Hammurabi

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A king who created a Mesopotamian kingdom with Sumer and Akkad

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Code of Hammurabi

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A strict set of rules and punishments which influenced future laws

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Patriarchal

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A male dominated society

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Sumerians

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The creators of the first Mesopotamian civilization

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Nile River

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An important river in Africa which helped ancient civilizations

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Nile delta

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A triangular territory formed by the Nile

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Lower Egypt

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The Nile Delta

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Upper Egypt

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The area below (on a map) the Nile Delta

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Black land

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The dark soil in the Fertile Crescent

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Red land

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The sand beyond the Fertile Crescent

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Cataracts

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Rapid water

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Sun god

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The gods who controlled the sun

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River/land gods

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The gods who controlled the river size and land fertility

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Osiris and Isis

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The myth where Osiris was resurrected by his wife and other gods

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Identifying

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To associate something with another thing

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Menes

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The first king to unite Upper and Lower Egypt into a dynasty

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Dynasty

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A family of rulers, where the right to rule is passed down in the family

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Pharaoh

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A ruler of Egypt

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Absolute power

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The unlimited power to rule

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Bureaucracy

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An organization with regular procedures and officials

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Vizier

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The steward of the land

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Pyramids

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Large burial buildings for Pharaohs and Nobles

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Physical body

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The Egyptians’ visible obdy

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Ka

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The Egyptian name for the spiritual body

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Mummification

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The process of drying a corpse to prevent rotting

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Giza

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An Egyptian place with many pyramids

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Great Sphinx

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A large statue of a lion body with a human head

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Hyksos

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People from Western Africa who used chariots to overthrow the middle kingdom

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Horse drawn chariots

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War chariots drawn by horses

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Hatshepsut

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One of the first female pharaohs, and built a big temple

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Thutmose 3

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Hapshepsut’s nephew who occupied Palestine and Syria

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Akhenaten

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The pharaoh who introduced the god of the sun disk as the sole god

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Tutankhamen

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Replaced the old gods

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Ramses 2

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Regained control of Palestine

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Sea peoples

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Invaders that came from Egypt’s sea

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Cleopatra 7

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A pharaoh who made ties and connections with Rome

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Hieroglyphics

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The complex form of writing for civil affairs

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Hieratic script

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The less formal writing done on papyrus

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Papyrus

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A paper material used for hieratic script

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Pastoral nomads

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People who occasionally overran communities, but mostly traveled around

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Domesticated

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To train animals to help make clothes and food

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Technology

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A thing that makes daily life easier

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Indo Europeans

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A group of people who spoke a language derived from a single language

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Hittites

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The first indoor Europeans to use irom

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Phoenicians

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Palestine occupants who established trade up to Great Britain

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Israelites

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People to the south of the Phoenicians

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King Solomon

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An Israel king known for his wisdom

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Jerusalem

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The capital of Israel

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Judaism

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A monotheistic religion worshiping God

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Monotheistic

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Believing in one god

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Ten Commandments

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Laws given to Moses explaining how to live

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Prophets

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People who decided what God wanted

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Assyrians

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People who exploited iron to establish an empire

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Library at Nineveh

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A library with info about Southwest Asian civilizations

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Nebuchadnezzar

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A king who made Babylon the center of his empire

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Persians

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Indo Europeans in Irán who were nomadic until united by a family

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Restraint

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To show discipline

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Cyrus the Great

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A person who created a powerful Persian state from Asia Minor to India

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Darius

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Added a new providence in India, and conquered Europe

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Satrapies

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The name of the 20 providences Darius divided his empire into

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Satrap

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A person who governed each Satrapies

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Sustained

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To keep the same

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Royal Road

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A way to travel between Satrapies, with an efficient communication system

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Immortals

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Persian soldiers, who were immediately replaced after dying

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Monarchy

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A place ruled by a king or queen

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Zoroasterism

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The Persians monotheistic religion

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Zoraster

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A prophet of Zorasterism

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Ahuramadazda

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The loving god of Zorasterism

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Ahuramadazda

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The loving god of Zorasterism

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