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Makeup Test Flashcards

1
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Cuneiform

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First form of writing

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2
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Caliph

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Leader in the Muslim world

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3
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Jihad

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Act that someone does to show or spread faith

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4
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Darius 1

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Third Achaemenid leader that liked architecture more than war

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5
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Abbasid

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Followers of Mohammad. True caliph related to Mohammad. Now jhiites

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Parthians/Sassanids

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Poorly governed. Protected Middle East

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7
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Zoroastrian

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1st monotheistic religion

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Islam

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Monotheistic religion. Sent by Gabriel who is the prophet Mohammad

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Oasis

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Small area in desert with water and vegetation

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10
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Steppe

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Extreme supper and winters

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11
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Sargon

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Worlds 1st empire

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12
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Hammurabis code

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Laws written in cuneiform

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13
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Alexander the Great

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Ideas transferred between Europe and Middle East

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14
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Umayyad

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First Islamic leaders of Middle East

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15
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Alluvial soil

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Brought to Middle East from Z

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16
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Pastoralism

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Lifestyle based on livestock

17
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Ziggurat

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Temple

18
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Achaemenid empire

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Group of rulers from Persia, conquered largest empire ruled by people from the Middle East.

19
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Cataphracts

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Largest armored hose archers/heavy cavalry who existed in the east and fought the Roman Empire

20
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Assyrians

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Existed at about the same time as the Babylonians. Focused on war rather than culture

21
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Cyrus the great

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Persia, founder of Achaemenid empire

22
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Mongolians

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Good at fighting. Conquered cities near them

23
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Tribalism

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Associate with your tribe rather than your whole nation

24
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Mongolian throat singing

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Singing with the throat

25
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Hurt

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The house from the Mongolians

26
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Arvan

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Unit of soldiers

27
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Feigned retreat

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Military tactic, pretend to draw

28
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Alexanders Hellenic empire

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Conquer who conquered many nations

29
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Kurultai

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Meeting where the next leader was chosen

30
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Fertile Crescent

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Most arid or semi arid area of Western Asia

31
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Sumerians/Akkadian

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Sargon, cuneiform, and ziggurats

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