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Mesopotamia Flashcards

1
Q

What did the civilization start with?

A

Hunter/ Gathers

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2
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What is something they had

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subsistence farming

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3
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move from from place to place (don’t have permanent home)

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normads

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4
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a mixture of tiny rocks and rich soil

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silt

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5
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What type of farming did they have

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Large scale

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6
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tamed animals

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Domesticated

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7
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different people good at different things/ dividing people at what they are good at

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Division of Labor

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8
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What did they organize

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religion and worship

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9
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A civilization likely had

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Large concentrated populations, building projects, prestige, religion, territory marking, writing (for the elite), Armies, social classes, organized religion, art

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10
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what was good about mesopotamia

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fertile crescent and good land to farm

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11
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what are the two bodies of water that are on either side of the fertile crescent

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Meditoradian and Persian Golf

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12
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what did they have

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a lot of movement, connections, trade

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13
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the process by which a cultural trait, object, idea, or behavior is spread from one society to another.

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cultral diffusion

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14
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what does mesopotamia mean

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between the rivers

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15
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what two river is mesopatamia between

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Euphrates and Tigris

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16
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what was mesopotamia orginaly

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modern day Iraq

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17
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where did the first civilation begin

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Mesopotamia

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18
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What was the first civilation

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Sumer

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18
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what is a saying for mesopatamia

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the cradle of civilations

19
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When was the first civilation

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3500 BC

20
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what are the things that the sumerians made

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wheel, plow, sewers, bronze, base 60 number system, 7 day week, 12 month year, toys, board games, magnifying glass, astronomy, maps, musical instruments

21
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what was the main political unit

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city states

22
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why did people fight

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for farmland

23
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what did they built

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armies and walls

24
Q

what was hammurabi apart of

A

babyloans

25
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what type of armies did the babyloans have

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strong armies

26
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when was the arkadians

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2300

27
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when was the sumerians

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3500 BC

28
Q

what does BC stand for

A

before Christ

29
Q

what does AD stand for

A

Anno Domini

30
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what does CE stand for

A

Common Era

31
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what does BCE stand for

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before common era

32
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what does circa /C or CA stand for

A

around a certain year or period of years

33
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what type of armies did the Akkadians have

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strong armies

34
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what did the Akkadians have

A

Iron and chariots

35
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what was Akkadian capital

A

Nineveh

36
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ships propelled by oarsmen

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galleys

37
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when was the chaldeans

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652

38
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what did the chaldeans have

A

hanging gardens

39
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what were the chaldeans

A

neo-babylonians

40
Q

what did the phoenicians create

A

alphabet

41
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who was sargon

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the first empire and had the first permanent army. He was a ruler and a military leader

42
Q

worshiping many gods

A

polythesim

43
Q

a land with different territories and people under a single rule

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empire

44
Q

a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life

A

Hammurabi’s Code

45
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a wheeled, horse-drawn chart used in a battle

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chariot

46
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a set of letters that can be combined to form words

A

alphabet

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