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Midterm Flashcards

1
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New Stone Age

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The Neolithic Age

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2
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The “Fertile Crescent” or “ land between the rivers”.

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Mesopotamia

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Independent nation with different kings, also started in Mesopotamia

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City States

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4
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Most famous Babylonian king who rebuilt the city and also the hanging gardens

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Nebuchadnezzar

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5
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Wedge shaped writing used in Mesopotamia

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Cuneiform

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6
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Trade goods for goods

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Barter system

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7
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Established the upper and lower kingdom

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Menes

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8
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Ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, law, morality, and justice

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Ma’at

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9
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Egyptians first female pharaoh who reigned for about 20 years

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Hatshepsut

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10
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Pharaoh of Egypt who died young

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King Tutankhamen

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11
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Translated Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics

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The Rosetta Stone

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12
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Jews who lived outside Israel

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The Diaspora

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13
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Phoenicia

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Ancient Lebanon

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14
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Governors of the 20 district

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Persia satraps

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15
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Constant conflict between good and evil

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Zoroastrianism

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16
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Where Mesopotamian schooling occurred

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Tablet houses

17
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Mythical King in the island of Crete, the son of Zeus and Europa

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King Minos

18
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Term for Greek city state

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Polis

19
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The Hellenes

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Greeks

20
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Jewish priest and son of the priest Mattathias. He led the revolt against the Seleucid empire

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Maccabaeus

21
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Mazes within pyramids

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Labryinths

22
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Alexander the Greats father who defeated Greece

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Phillip II of Macedonia

23
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“Arête”

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For the glory of Greece

24
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Term used to describe foreigners who had few rights

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Metics

25
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King Leonidas and Sparta fight the Persians

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Xerxes and the battle of Thermopylae

26
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Temple of Athena in Athens

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The Paratheon

27
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Women who supposedly talked to the Gods

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The Oracle of Delphi

28
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What year did the modern Olympic Games begin

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1896

29
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Association of Greek city states under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persians.

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The Delian League

30
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Old Stone Age

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Paleolithic age

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