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4 earliest civilizations

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Mesopotamia
Egypt
China
Indus River

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Hominid

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Human-like creature

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Fertile Crescent

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Region of the Middle East for its rich soul and golden wheat field

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Mesopotamia

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Within the Fertile Crescent that the ancient Greeks named

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Sumer

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First civilization developed here

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Hierarchy

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System of rankin people

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Ziggurat

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A large, stepped platform topped with a temple

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Cuneiform

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Earliest known writing

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The epic of Gilgamesh

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Mesopotamia narrative poem

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Sargon

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The ruler of Akkad invaded and conquered

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Hammurabi

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King of Babylon

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Codify

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Arrange and set down for writing

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Civil law

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Deals with private rights and matters

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Criminal law

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Offenses against others

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Nebuchadnezzar

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Second king of Babylon

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Barter economy

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Exchanging on set of good or service for another

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Money economy

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Goods and services are paid for through the exchange of some token if an agreed value

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Zoroaster

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Persian thinker alps helped to untie the empire

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Colony

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Territory settled and ruled by people from another land

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Alphabet

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Each symbol represents a single basic sound

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Cataract

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Waterfall

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Delta

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Triangle area of Marshall land formed by the deposits of silt at the mouth of rivers

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Dynasty

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The ruling family

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Pharaoh

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Egyptian kings

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Bureaucracy

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A system of government that includes different job functions and levels of authority

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Vizier

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Chief minister

Supervisors the business of gov

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Hatshepsut

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Egypt’s first female ruler

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Thutmose lll

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(Hatshepsut’s stepson) took over as pharaoh

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Ramses ll

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Became pharaoh of the New Kingdom

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Amon-Re

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Great lord of the gods

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Osris

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Most Egyptians related more to this god- emotions such as love and jealousy

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Akhenaton

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Means “he who serves Aton”

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Mummification

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Preservations of dead bodies by embalming them and wrapping in cloth

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Indo- European

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Family of languages and cultures that are related from Europe to mid Asia

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What does Fertile Crescent mean?

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Middle East Iraq Syria Mesopotamia

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Polytheism

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A belief in many gods

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Monotheism

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A belief in One god

- starter of Religious wars

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Theocracy

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Ruled by religion

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Cuneiform world was centered around which region?

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The Fertile Crescent

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Stylus

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Implement used to write cuneiform

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Pictogram

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Picture that represents a word

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Ideogram

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Represents an idea

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Phonics

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Sound- based alphabet

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Romance languages

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French
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese- Latin

German
Dutch
Swedish
English- Germanic

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Social classes in ancient Sumer

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Priest-king 
Royal family
Gov/administration 
Scribes 
Farmers 
Labors
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Center of every Sumerian city?

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Temples

Ziggurat (temple of gods)

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First known empire?

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Akkad

Leader was Sargon

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Who controlled Mesopotamia free 200 BCE?

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Babylonians

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Hammurabis law code?

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Tells about their society

1st written law code

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Accomplishments of the Babylonians

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First law code

Astronomy and geometry

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Most recent ice age

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Ends about 10,00 BCE

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Pre-history

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Before written records

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History

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After written records

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Cultural institution

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Things that are found in every culture

Family, gov, education

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Impact of the agricultural revolution?

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Food surplus
Domestic animals
Humans aren’t nomadic
Planting crops

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First towns and cities formed?

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Iraq Middle East turkey

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Three main characteristics of a civilization?

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Written records
Specialized workers
Uses of technology

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Neolithic age

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New Stone Age

10,00 BCE- 4,000 BCE

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Paleolithic humans

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Made stone tools hunting and gathering 
Controlled use of fire 
Language 
First humans to bury the dead 
Animal skin clothes
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What geographic feature is shared between the earliest circulations?

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River valleys

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First evidence of Nile river culture dates back too..?

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3900 BCE

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Archaic

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Older than ancient

1st historical period in any history

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Old kingdom

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Pyramid

2700 BCE

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Middle Kingdom

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Astronomy

2000 BCE

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New kingdom

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King tut

1500-1000 BCE

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Forge in powers that controlled Egypt in the last centuries?

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Greek and roman

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Menes

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Unifier of upper and lower Egypt

1st recorded pharaoh of Egypt

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5 social classes in ancient Egypt

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Royal family/ priest 
District gov. 
Scribes 
Artisans/ merchants 
Farmers/ laborers
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Artisan

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Skilled laborer

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Merchant

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Capitalist

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Main unto of money used?

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Beer- liquid food

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Papyrus

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Paper that Egyptians mastered

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Rosetta Stone

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Egypt
1799 French soldiers
World war between French and Britain
Helped decipher hieroglyphics because it had Greek and demonic

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Egyptian religion gods

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Osiris Isis Horus

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Anubis

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Weighs the dead persons heart against a feather to see how good you are

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Howard carter

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Found king tuts tomb 1922

World History Quiz 9/12 (3 decks)

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