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Mesopotamis & Egypt Flashcards

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The Israelites believed in this unlike other cultures in the ancient world.

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A monotheistic God called Yahweh

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The difference between a primary and secondary source is what?

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A primary source was written or created during the time under study.

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What is the best title for the following list: Natural barriers of desert, mountains, and sea; Yearly floods made fertile farmland; Old, middle, and New Kingdoms; Papyrus plants; and 365 day/12 month calendar?

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Ancient Egypt

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Beyond the Nile cataracts lived who?

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Nubians

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The border of this river valley civilization is between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

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Mesopotamia

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The merchants traveling on the Nile River had over the rivers of Mesopotamia was what?

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The river current took the merchants south, while the wind took them north.

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Abraham was the founder; Moses led these people out of Egypt; and Saul, David, and Solomon were kings; describes what ancient civilization?

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Hebrew

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What was a benefit of rivers like the Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates flooding in ancient times?

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The land around the rivers were fertile and capable of supporting farming.

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What does the word MESOPOTAMIA mean?

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Between 2 rivers

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What did the Rosetta Stone allow historians to finally be able to translate?

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Hieroglyphics

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What is Hammurabi’s Code important?

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It helps historians understand the social structure of ancient Mesopotamia.

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What are the 2 rivers that surround the Fertile Crescent?

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Tigris and Euphrates

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How did floods in Mesopotamia make it difficult to farm?

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Floods were unpredictable

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What technological advantage allowed farmers in Mesopotamia to reroute water to their fields?

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Irrigation

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Where did peasant farmers lie on the social structure pyramid?

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Above captured slaves

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The Sumerian Civilization was primarily what religion?

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Polytheistic

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How did farmers control season floods that occurred in the Fertile Crescent region?

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They built dams and channels

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What achievement elevated the writing skills of Mesopotamians?

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Epic of Gilgamesh

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What was Mesopotamia’s first major civilization?

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Sumer

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What embodied the righteous and moral standards for public interaction and society in Mesopotamia?

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Hammurabi’s Code

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Who was the first empire builder after Sumer was conquered?

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Sargon of Akkad

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Define Ziggurat.

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A large pyramid-like temple at a city’s center

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Built a great temple dedicated to herself at Deir el-Bahri, near Thebes; Sent out expeditions, up the Nile to look for more places to trade; and Official statues sometimes show her clothed and bearded like a king; all describe which leader?

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Hatshepsut

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This geographical feature is the heart of Egypt’s landscape.

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Nile River Valley

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Another name for the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt.

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Pyramid Age

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“If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out. If he destroyed the eye of a peasant, or broken a bone of a peasant, he shall pay one Mina of silver.” What does this excerpt demonstrate about the Babylonian empire?

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Laws were different based on social class

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What was the first written language developed in Sumer?

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Cuneiform

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The Empire of Sargon eventually begins to weaken before what group of people take over?

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Amorites

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What direction does the Nile River flow?

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North

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What was the Egyptian writing system of pictographic and alphabetic elements called?

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Hieroglyphics

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What is the official title of the Anubis, an Egyptian god with the head of a jackal?

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Protector of the Dead

32
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Father of Judaism

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Abraham

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What was the role of the Pharaohs in the Old Kingdom Government?

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Strong central authority with absolute power

34
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Egypt falls to what empire after a large period of instability and unrest?

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Roman

35
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2 sacred texts of Judaism

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Talmud and Torah

36
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Israel fell to which empire in 722 BCE?

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Assyrian

37
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Who made Jerusalem an impressive and powerful capital?

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Solomon

38
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government ruled by a king and queen

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Monarchy

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A city and surrounding land

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City-state

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Writing system of Mesopotamia

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Cuneiform

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A way to divert rivers to water crops

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Irrigation

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Buildings that were city centers for religious and economic purposes

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Ziggurat

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God-kings

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Pharaoh

44
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Fertile soil left behind by the floods of the Nile River

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Silt

45
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A broad triangular area of land formed at the mouth of a river

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Delta

46
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A writing system

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Hieroglyphics

47
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The government rule is based on religious authority

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Theocracy

48
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What do the 10 commandments and the code of Hammurabi have in common?

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See your notes

49
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How did the Hebrews influence monotheistic religions?

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See your notes

50
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How did living by the river influence either technology, government, or religion?

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See your notes!

World History - Rabius (6 decks)

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