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Social Studies Review Flashcards

Social Studies

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Arranged in a difficult way

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Complex

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To build; usually some kind of structure, such as a house

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Construct

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An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government

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City-state

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A means of supplying land with water

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Irrigation

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A strong disagreement

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Dispute

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Fine particles of rock

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Silt

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An area in southern Mesopotamia where cities first appeared

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Sumer

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One of the two most largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf

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Euphrates River

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One of the two most largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf

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Tigris River

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A wall of Earth built to prevent a river from flooding its bank

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Levee

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A resource that can be used to make something else

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Material

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To keep something in good condition by making necessary repairs

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Maintain

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A substance that lies between or above other things

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Layer

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Mesopotamia is in what present-day country?

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Iraq

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Area between Euphrates River and Tigris River

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Fertile Crescent

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Where does the water come from?

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Snow melts in Taurus mountains

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4 problems Mesopotamians faced:

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food shortages, uncontrolled water supply, difficulties building water boundaries, attacks by neighboring communities

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Biggest problem with the region:

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Uncontrollable water supply

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Too much water can cause 3 problems:

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“Root Rot”, flooding, and washing them away

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20
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Levees prevent what?

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Floods

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Scooping out stuff in creeks or rivers

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Dredging

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Sumerians built…

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Complex irrigation systems

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Sumerians built…

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Walls, and dug out moats

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Sumer is an area in southern Mesopotamia where…

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Cities first appeared

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A society marked by developed arts, sciences, governments, and social structures

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Civilization

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A task or problem that tests a person’s ability

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Challenge

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Historians name 7 characteristics of a civilization:

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Stable food supply, social structure, system of government, religious system, a way of life in the arts such as, #1-painting, #2-architecture, #3-music, #4-literature, advances in technology, highly developed written languages

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2 key adaptions to help them create a stable food supply:

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Complex irrigation systems such as , #1- canals, #2- dams, #3- reservoirs, the plow

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The plow is used for…

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tilling, or turning the soil

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An interconnected system of channels or lines

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Network

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A crafts person

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Artisan

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A person who makes money by selling goods

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Merchant

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First class contains:

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Kings, priests, nobles, and government officials

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Second class contains:

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Merchants, artisans

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Third class contains:

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Enslaved people

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36
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6 things merchants and artisans made:

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Swords, arrow heads, plows, hoes, mirrors, jewelry

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2 things merchants and artisans did:

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Farmed, and fished

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37
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3 things women did in second class:

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They were scribes, artisans, and priestesses

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37
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Sumerians believed…

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That their gods supported the king

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Sumerian kings did:

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Enforced the law, collected taxes, built temples, lead armies, and maintained irrigation systems

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2 parts to Sumerian armies:

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professional soldiers, and temporary soldiers

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A religious system includes 2 things:

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A set of beliefs, and various forms of worship

41
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An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top

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Ziggurat

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The Sumerians also believed…

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Their gods lived in the ziggurats

43
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Their gods were pleased when the people showed signs of:

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Devotion, love, and obedience

44
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The ritual killing of a person as an offering to the gods

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Human sacrifice

45
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A characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people

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Culture

46
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Expressive forms of art:

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painting, architecture, and music

47
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A wooden instrument made of a sound box and strings

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Lyre

48
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Most important technology advantage:

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The wheel

49
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3 technological advances:

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The wheel, the arch, and written language

50
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2 advantages of the wheel under a sledge:

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Pulls more weight, and so they wouldn’t get stuck in the mud

51
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2 shapes arches would take:

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Upside-down U-shaped, or upside-down V-shaped

52
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Arches added ______, and ______ to Sumerian buildings

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Strength, and beauty

53
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Cuneiform is from a Latin word for…

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“Wedge”

54
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A symbol that stands for an object

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Pictograph

55
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Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters

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Cuneiform

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A disagreement or fight caused by opposing points of views

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Conflict

57
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A city that is the center of government

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Capital

58
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A collection of written laws and rules

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Code of laws

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A large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader of government

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Empire

60
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Wealth sent from one country or ruler as a sign that the other is supreme

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Tribute

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To bring together

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Assembling

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To show something in a place where people can see it

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Display

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A way a region or country uses resources to produce and sell or trade goods and services to meet people’s needs and wants

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Economy

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Someone who forces entry into a place where they are unwanted

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Invader

65
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A military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender

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Siege

66
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A planned approach

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Strategy

67
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A skilled way of doing something

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Technique

68
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To join together

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Unify

69
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City-states of Sumer were like…

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Small, independent countries

70
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Sumerians often fought over…

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Land, and water rights

71
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One thing city-states never did:

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Unite in one group

72
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4 key empires in Mesopotamia:

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Akkadian Empire, Babylonian Empire, Assyrian Empire, and Neobabylonian Empire

73
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Akkadian Empire was ruled by:

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King Sargon

74
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Sargon was both a ______ king, and ______ general who built his empire through ________ _________ ____________

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Sargon was both a strong king, and skilled general who built his empire through effective military strategies

75
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Sargon would destroy walls of city-states so they wouldn’t…

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Rebel

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Tributes were also…

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Taxes

77
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Taxes did…

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They kept the government running

78
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Akkadians borrowed 3 things from the Sumerians:

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They farmed using Sumerians irrigation techniques, used Sumer’s system of cuneiform writing, and worshipped the same gods and goddesses

79
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Carved relief sculpture depicting events

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Steles

80
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Hammurabi was best known for his…

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code of laws

81
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Hammurabi’s laws covered:

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Trade, payment for work, marriage, divorce

82
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2 main things for punishment:

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Stealing, or causing injury

83
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Punishments always fit the…

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Crime

84
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Babylonians traded 1 Grain and 2 Woven clothes for:

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Wood, gold, silver, gems, and livestock

85
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4 things enslaved people could do:

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Work elsewhere, keep their wages, own property, and buy their freedom

86
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Women could:

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Own property, and keep money of their own

87
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Assyrians had perfected 5 things:

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Siege warfare, use of horses, iron weapons, battering rams, and movable towers

88
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Extremely crucial to social and political order…

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Religion

89
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Assyrians got water to the people by…

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Aqueducts

90
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Bas-reliefs were…

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2D sculptures

91
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Neo means…

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New

92
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Leader of Babylonian Empire…

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Nebuchadnezzar II

93
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Big display in Neo-Babylonian Empire…

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Hanging gardens

94
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2 reasons why they had vines cascading on buildings

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Kept it cooler, and beauty

95
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Babylonians were skilled in 2 things:

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Mathematics, and astronomy

96
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Astronomy is the study of…

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Space and stars

97
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Assyrian Empire lasted until…

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Conquered by Alexander the Great

98
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To bring something new

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Create

99
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Good at a job

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Professional

100
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Complex Irrigation systems included…

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Dams, reservoirs, and canals

101
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3 different kinds of art…

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Painting, architecture, and music

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