Languages/Cultures Flashcards
1
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Sumerian
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first known attested written language; language isolate linguistically (made deciphering difficult)
2
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Akkadian
A
Semitic language
3
Q
Cuneiform
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writing system used for Sumerian and Akkadian
wedge-shaped/nail-writing
first evidence of cuneiform during Uruk Period
4
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Kassites
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ruled Babylon during Middle Babylonian period
5
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Hittites
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Indo-European people of Anatolia
formed a confederacy with the Mitanni, Babylon, and Egypt; called the “land of a thousand gods” because they honored the gods of those they conquered
6
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Cash Cah
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mountain people who raided the Hittites
