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Kevin’s Cards about the Sumerian, Egyptian, Indus, and Chinese Civilizations Flashcards

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What happened during 10,000 B.C.

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The last major Ice Age ended

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What happened during 7,000 B.C.

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People in Mesopotamia farm and herd domesticated animals

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What happened during 3300 B.C.

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Sumerians live in city states and develop cuneiform

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What happened during 3100 B.C

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Egypt is unified by King Narmer

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What happened during 2900 B.C.

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The Egyptians fully developed hieroglyphics

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What happened during 2575 B.C.

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The Egyptians start building the pyramids at Giza

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What happened during 2500 B.C.

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The Indus River civilization start developing cities

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What happened during 2300 B.C.

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Sargon and the Akkadians capture Sumer

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What happened during 2000 B.C.

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Civilization starts along the Yangtze and Yellow River

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What happened during 1780 B.C.

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King Hammurabi of Babylon makes Hammurabi’s code

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What happened during 1700 B.C.

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The Shang dynasty rules China

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What happened during 1470 B.C.

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Queen Hatshepsut builds her temple at Thebes

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What happened during 1360 B.C.

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Tutankhamen restores original deities in Egypt

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What happened during 1250 B.C.

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Ramses the great builds temples at Abu Simbel

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What happened during 580 B.C

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The Babylon civilization reaches its height under King Nebuchadnezzar

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Maps can help us understand what

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Civilizations

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The concept of place refers to what

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The unique characteristics that distinguish one location from other locations

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The Arabian Sea is one of the several geographic features that provided a benefit for the people living in the Indus Valley. What was the benefit

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Protection

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What was the largest ancient civilization

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The Indus Valley

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Domestication of animals increased what aspect of human life

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It increased people’s odds of survival a bit more

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Three things must be in place for a civilization. What are these requirements

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A surplus of food, division of labor, and have built cities

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The English word civilization comes from the Latin root meaning what

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Civitas, which means city

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What was one main reason civilization developed in areas with rivers

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The rivers flooded regularly and deposited rich soil that supported abundant crops

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What gifts did the Nile bring

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Drinking water for people and domesticated animals, and avenues for trade

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By the end of the Third millennium B.C., civilization was spreading from the River valleys of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China into rain-watered lands. What cause this expansion

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Trade, travel, and warfare spread ideas and technology from one culture to another

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What became instruments of war

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The horse and horse drawn chariots

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By the end of the 3rd millennium B.C., rulers began using armies to do what

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Conquer others

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One civilization developed on the island of Crete in what is now southern Greece. What was it called

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Minoan

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When did the Minoan people of Crete reach its peak

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1600 B.C.

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What did the Hitties do

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By about 1350 B.C., the Hitties were building a civilization in Asia Minor. They would eventually take over all of the land between the Mediterranean and Black Seas

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What did the Assyrians do

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The Assyrians built yet another empire about at 1300 B.C. in northern Mesopotamia

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What did the Persians do

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The Persians managed to put together a mighty empire that stretched across the Middle East. By then it was 525 B.C.

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In ancient Sumer, people built huge temples for the gods, while in Egypt they erected monumental tombs for their rulers. What were these two buildings called

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Ziggurats and Pyramids

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What did the farmers in India do

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They cultivated cotton

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What did the Chinese do

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They unraveled the mystery of silk

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Each civilization created their own form of what

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Writing

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What kind of writing existed in Sumer, Egypt, and China

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Sumer has cuneiform, Egypt has hieroglyphics, and China has calligraphy

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Each culture developed noteworthy such as what

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Ziggurats, pyramids, and walled cities

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Governments were another fruit of the first civilizations. What did the Governments do

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Powerful kings organized workers, divided the labor, and directed big projects. They said when to plant or harvest, and where to dig canals

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As cities grew and empires spread, more and more people came into contact with each other. What did rulers do with this

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Rulers and their governments created laws to control and protect the people. They used armies to enforce their laws and their will

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What was Egyptian clothing made up of

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Egyptian clothing was made of linen, woven from flax

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Ideas are among the most important what

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Fruits of any civilization

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The ram served as what

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The ram served as a beast of burden

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How did people get a surplus of food

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People gradually got better at planting and growing crops. They invented plows, spades, and hoes to improve agriculture. With such advances, farmers could grow more food than their families could eat.

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How did people get a division of labor

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Because there was a surplus of food, some men and women were free to do other special jobs. They could dig canals, make pots or build houses. Everyone did something important, but not everyone had to do the same thing

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How did people build cities

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With more and more people living closer together- to be near crops or herds- first villages and then cities began to appear. And with the building of cities, we can truly say that “civilization” had begun

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What did rivers provide

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Irrigation, flooding left fertile soil, irrigation increased surplus, trade routes, and drinking water

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Where did most early agriculture take place

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In rain watered lands

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What are rain watered lands

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Lands that had enough regular rainfall to grow crops without irrigation

50
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What is more dependable: Agriculture with irrigation or rain

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Producing food with irrigation was more dependable than producing food with rain since people in river valleys could count on the rivers to flood

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Who developed a civilization on the island of Crete

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The Minoans

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What did the rulers, priests, and scribes oversee

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The building of Egyptian pyramids, Chinese mulberry groves, and the construction of the streets and sewer system in Mohenjo - Daro

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