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Early civilizations. Ancient world Flashcards

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Mesopotamia present-day location

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Iraq & Syria

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Mesopotamia is called

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The “Cradle of Civilization”

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Civilization definition

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A culture that has attained a high degree of complexity, characterized by urban life

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Mesopotamia political system & example

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City-state

Ur (ejemplo de una de las ciudades-estado más prósperas y poderosas)

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Sargon I (what did he do) (Mesopotamia)

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Built the world’s first substantial empire

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What city was prominent under Hammurabi? (Mesopotamia)

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Babylon

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What was Hammurabi best known for? (Mesopotamia)

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His law code

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Who built the world’s first substantial empire? (Mesopotamia)

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Sargon I

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Who is best known for his law code? (Mesopotamia)

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Hammurabi

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Who had one of the longest-lasting civilizations in history?

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Egyptians

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Aspects of Egyptian life & culture

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Rosetta Stone & Egyptian hieroglyphics

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Old kingdom period (Egypt)

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Age of pyramids reaches zenith at Giza

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(Hebrew) Kingdom was divided in…

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2= Israel & Judah

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Israel was conquered by

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Assyrians

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Judah was conquered by

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Babylonians

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What are the other kingdoms /peoples?

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Hittites

Phoenicians

Aramaeans

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Hittites (other kingdoms / peoples)

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  • alleged to be an example of “error” in the Bible
  • archaeology verified Biblical references -historians practiced revisionism
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Phoenicians (other kingdoms/ peoples)

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Mediterranean’s greatest traders, navigators, shipbuilders, & colonizers

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Aramaeans (other kingdoms/ peoples)

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Dominated camel caravan trade

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What kingdom/peoples were alleged to be an example of “error” in the Bible and had archeology verify biblical references & historians practice revisionism?

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What kingdom/peoples were Mediterranean’s greatest trades, navigators, shipbuilders, & colonizers?

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Phoenicians

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What kingdom/peoples dominated camel caravan trade?

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What were the empires in this age (age of empires)?

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Assyrian

Chaldean (Babylonian)

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Assyrian empire

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Militaristic & cruel people

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Chaldean empire

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Babylonian empire

26
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Cyrus the Great

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One of the ”greatest conquerors in the history of the ancient Near East“

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Who was one of the ”greatest conquerors in the history of the ancient Near East“?

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Cyrus the Great

28
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What was written before Genesis?

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Epic of Gilgamesh

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When was the Epic of Gilgamesh written?

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Before Genesis

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