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B.C.

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Before Christ

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A.D.

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Anno Domini (Latin for Lord)

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C.E.

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Common Era ( non-christian way to say A.D.)

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B.C.E

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Before the Common Era ( non-christian way to say before Christ)

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Circa (c. or ca.)

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Used for approximate dates and often used for older dates.

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Consisted of a central city and all the countryside around it

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City-state

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Land with different territories and people under a single rule

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Empire

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The worship of many gods

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Polytheism

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People who performed or led religious ceremonies

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Priests

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The division of society by rank or class

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Social hierarchy

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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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Cultural diffusions

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Pulled by oxen

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Plow

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Ships propelled by oarsmen

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Galleys

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Steps to Civilization (for the essay on the test)

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Hunting and gathering, subsistence farming(on your own), settlements near rivers, large scale farming, food surpluses and storage, urban centers, laws, government, organized religion and worship

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Who invented writing?

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The Sumerian’s

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Who made cuneiform- the world’s first system of writing? (‘wedged shape”)

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The Sumerian’s

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Who made pictographs-picture symbols?

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The Sumerian’s

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A writer and becoming a scribe was a way to move up a social class

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Scribe

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Long poems that tell the stories of heroes

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Epics

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What were the Sumerians most important developments?

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The wheel, clocks, plow, wheeled vehicles, makeup and jewelry

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What math inventions did the Sumerians make?

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They divided a circle into 360 degrees and calculated the areas of rectangles and triangles

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Who had tablets of animals, plants and minerals?

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The Sumerian’s

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The science of building

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Architecture

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What is the name of the Sumerians pyramid?

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Ziggurat

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Who had small one-story houses that stood side by side with bricks made out of mud?

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The Sumerian’s

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What is the Sumerians pottery known for?

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It’s quantity over its quality

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What did the Sumerians famous cylinders show?

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Rituals and battle scenes

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Jewelers new advanced methods for putting what pieces of jewelry together?

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Gold pieces

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What 2 rivers are on the left and right side of the Fertile Crescent?

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The Mediterranean Sea on the left and the Persian Gulf on the right

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Mesopotamia also known as?

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“Between the rivers”

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What 2 rivers are on either side of Mesopotamia?

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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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What country is Mesopotamia in today?

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Modern-day Iraq

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What was the first civilization c.3500 B.C.?

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Sumerian (Sumer)

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What base number system does the Sumerians use?

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60

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Do the Sumerians have the same hours a day, days of the week and months of the year.

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Yes, 24-hours a day, 7-days a week and 12 months a year

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How many residents do city-states have?

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10,000

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Ur, Kish, Uruk and Babylon are?

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City-states

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The main political unit is

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City-states

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Sargon
1st permanent army
bows and arrows
1st empire

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Akkadians

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Code of laws
Strong army
Building and irrigation projects

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Hammurabi- Babylonians

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Iron work
Chariots

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Hittities

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Fierce warriors
Local officials
Roads
Nineveh

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Assyrians

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Nebuchadnezzar
Hanging Gardens
Revived Sumerian stuff
Neo-Babylonians

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Chaldeans

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City-states also?

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Fight each other for farmland and build up armies and walls

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What were the Phoenicians main trades?

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Cedar, wood, silverwork, ivory, carvings, slaves, glass items and purple-dyed fabrics.

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Who developed the first alphabet that our alphabet descended from?

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The Phoenicians

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Tyre, Sidon and Byblos are all?

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City-states

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What place is apart of Canaan and is now modern-day Lebanon?

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Phoenician

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Not a military power
Wealthy trading society
Mediterranean Sea

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The Phoenicians

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They traveled all over the Mediterranean Sea and used galleys

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The Phoenicians

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Stayed in sight of lands like Egypt, Greece, Italy, Sicily, Spain, Atlantic Ocean and Africa as a colony all for navigation

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The Phoenicians

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