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Early Civilizations Flashcards

1
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What were the 4 river valley civilizations

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  1. Mesopotamia 2. Egypt 3. India 4. China
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Where were the 4 major river systems located?

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  1. Near east (Mesopotamia, Egyptish)
  2. Africa (Egypt)
  3. Asia (India and China)
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Mesopotamia Location

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Southwest Asia

Tigris and Euphrates rivers

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Egypt Location

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Northeastern Africa

Banks of the Nile River, Mediterranean, and red seas

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India Location

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Southern Asia

Indus and Ganges Rivers, Arabian Sea

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China Location

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East Asia

Yellow river

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Mesopotamia STEM

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Astrology and astronomy

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Egypt STEM

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Mathematics, engineering (the pyramids)

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India STEM

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Metallurgy (gold copper bronze tin)

Measurement (weight time length mass)

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Mesopotamia LA

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Writing (cuneiform), organized government, systemized religion (Zoroastrianism), written law code (Hammurabi’s code)

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Egypt LA

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Complex religion of gods, rituals, and governance (pharaoh), writing (hieroglyphics)

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India LA

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Urban culture, planned cities (citywide sanitation systems)

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China LA

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Writing, commerce, government

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14
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What allowed people to stop nomadic hunting and gathering

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Domestication and cultivation of crops

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The near east compromises——

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The Tigris and Euphrates, the Fertile Crescent, and the Nile valley

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Near east=first system of (gov)

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Independent states

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17
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Architecture of the near east

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Pyramids, Ziggurat

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18
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Nearest=1st codification —

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Of law

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19
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Who were the creators of Mesopotamian civilization?

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Sumerians

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20
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Mesopotamian civilization time frame

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3500-3000bc

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21
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Mesopotamia technology advances

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  1. Large scale irrigation projects

2. Invention of the wheel

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Ziggurat

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Center of community life and served as a temple storehouse an treasury (Mesopotamia)

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Mesopotamia (1st empire established)

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  1. 2371 bc

2. Established by Sargon

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24
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Babylonians conquered—–

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Sumeria and established a new empire (2300-1750)

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First universal codification of laws

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Hammurabi (Babylonians)

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The Hittities (dates)

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2000-1200bc

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The Hittities conquered

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Much of Asia Minor and northern Mesopotamia

28
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Hittities war tech contribution

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Iron smelting

29
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The Assyrians created an empire based on—–

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Military superiority, conquest, ad terrorism

30
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Assyrian (dates)

31
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Assyrian urbanization

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Postal service, extensive library, system of highways

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Assyrian government

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Centralized government

33
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The Chaldeans established—–

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The New Babylonian Empire

34
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New Babylonian empire was under (date as well)

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Nebuchadnezzar (605-538)

Chaldean

35
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Chaldeans conquered what 3 areas

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  1. Mesopotamia 2. Syria 3. Palestine
36
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Chaldean Science

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Astronomy and astrology

37
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Chaldean GOV

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Advanced government bureaucracy

38
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Persians attempted to—-

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Unify all the near east under one rule in 500s bc

39
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Persian GOV

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Established an international government

40
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Persian religion

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Zoroastrianism (ethical religion based on the concepts of good and evil)

41
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Persia failed to conquer—-

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The Greeks

42
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Who conquered Persia and when

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Alexander the Great in 334-331 bc

43
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Alexander the Great

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was a King (Basileus) of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty, an ancient Greek royal house

44
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Phoenicians

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Small civilization in the near east
First explorers traders and colonizer a of the ancient world
Reached their peak in 1000bc

45
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Phoenician Commerce

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Dominated Mediterranean commerce, exported manufactures glass and purple dye (royal purple)

46
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First true alphabet invented by the—-

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Phoenicians

47
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Lydians occupied

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Western Asia Minor in 500s bc

48
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King Croesus

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Golden King, ruler when Lydians reached their peak

49
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Lydians economics

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Responsible for the first coinage of money

50
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First lasting monotheism was established by the—-

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Israelites

51
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Saul

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(Israelites)
Established the first kingdom in Palestine
(1030-1010)

52
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Death of Solomon (when and what followed)

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  • 922bc
  • hebrews were divided into two kingdoms
  • Israel
  • Judah
53
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Israelites disunity resulted in—-

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  1. Destruction of Israel (722bc)

2. Destruction of Judah (586bc)

54
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Israelites revolted against whom in 70ad

55
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Result of Israelites revolt against Rome

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  • Destruction of Jerusalem 70ad

* Forced dispersal of Jews from Palestine

56
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Forced dispersal of Jews from Palestine

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*Jewish Diaspora ( 132-135ad)

57
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Egypt established a civilization where and when

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Nile valley (3000bc)

58
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Egyptian life was dominated by—-

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Concerns for the afterlife, religion, and the pharaoh

59
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Egyptian writing

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Hieroglyphics

60
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Egyptian economics

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Commerce flourished throughout:

  1. Arabia
  2. India
  3. Part of Africa
61
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Egyptian science

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Medical I advancements and specialized surgery were biggest contributions

62
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Egyptian basis for sustained economy

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Annual flooding of the Nile river

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