Early Civilizations Flashcards

1
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Small Kingdoms under the unrestricted rule of its king/queen

A

Monarchies

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2
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Line of rulers from one family

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Dynasty

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3
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Old Kingdom

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From 2,700 b.c. To 2,200 b.c

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4
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Theocracy

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Same person is both the religious leader, and political leader.

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5
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King delegated many responsibilities to a group of government officials when we could not carry out all of duties himself.

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Bureaucracy

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6
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The Middle Kingdom

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From 2,050 b,c to 1,800 b.c

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7
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The New Kingdom

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Pharaohs.

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8
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Life in accent Egyptian was divided into how many social classes?

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Three social classes, which Egyptians lived in the Nile valley and Nile delta

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9
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Worship of many deities (gods)

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Polytheism

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10
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Where was The Nile Valley developed?

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In the bank of the Nile in North Eastern Africa

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11
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Which river is the world’s longest river?

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The Nile river

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12
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How many dynasties ruled Egypt from 3,000b.c to 332b.c?

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30 dynasties ruled Egypt

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13
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Rosetta Stone

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Egyptian hieroglyphics with the same story written below in Greek, making us able to decipher the Egyptian hieroglyphics

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14
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What region did the Fertile Crescent include?

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Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. People to chose to settle in Mesopotamia near the Tigris and Euphrates river.

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15
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The Sumerian Civilization settled where ?

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Settled by the lower part of the Tigris and Euphrates river valley

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16
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Sumerian government

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Each city state governed itself. Ruled by a king both monarchies and theocracies.