Lesson 1: STS IN THE ACIENT TIMES Flashcards
1
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Cradle of the world’s earliest known civilization.
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Sumerian civilization
2
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Transportation between Euphrates and Tigris river for travel and trade.
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Sailboat
3
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Systematic technique of farming in Sumerian Civilization?
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Seed plow and irrigation
4
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Counting units of 60.
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Sexagesimal system
5
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- Capital, and served as a commercial center of Tigris-Euphrates valley.
- System of bookkeeping, double entry accounting, multiplication and division tables, geometry.
- Textiles, arts of bleaching and dyeing.
- Adapted Sexagesimal system.
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Babylonian civilization
6
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Systemized technique of farming in Babylonian Civilization?
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Seed plow and irrigation
7
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- Northeastern part of African continent, Nile River provided fertile delta.
- Shipbuilding; canal construction; wheat and barley plantation; bred ducks, geese, pigs, an goats; manufactures soap, creams, oils, perfumes, eye make up.
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Egyptian Civilization
8
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Supported by irrigation system.
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Agriculture
9
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Greeks, Persian and Romans.
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- Thales of Miletus
- Socrates
- Empedocles
- Hippocrates
- Aristotle
- Archimendes
- Ptolemy
- Democritus
- Pythgoras
- Plato
10
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- Modern-day Iran.
- Largest empire of the ancient world.
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Persian civilization
11
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Heavy textile for hime use or for sale.
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Persian rugs
12
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- “ The eternal city “, Rome, Italy
- Water power, water mills
- Aqueducts, dams
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Roman civilization
13
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- Arabian peninsula, Saudi Arabia.
- Trigonometry, Algebra and Geometry.
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Arabian civilization
14
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- Ancient China was built along two main rivers.
- Magnetic compass, clocks.
- Gunpowder, fireworks.
- Paper and printing.
- Seed drill, iron plough, wheelbarrows.
- Porcelain, silk.
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Chinese civilization
15
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What are the two man rivers if China?
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Yellow River( Huang He ) and Yangtze
