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1
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desertification in Egypt

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irrigation canals

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2
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Nile, wind blowing south

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transportation and trade

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3
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dry lands east and west in Egypt

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natural barriers

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4
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desertification>population growth>local cheifs>

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strong leaders

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5
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pharoahs instead of kings and queens, strong central government,

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The Old Kingdom (2660-2160 BCE)

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6
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theocrats

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from Memphis: king and queens rules as (theocrats) rulers holding religious and political power

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7
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THE OLD KINGDOM: noble class stronger=

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pharoah power weakened+drought+famine

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8
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Mentuhotep II reunited ________

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THE MIDDLE KINGDOM OF EGYPT (2049-1768 BCE)

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9
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middle kingdom capital moved to:

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THEBES BABY!!!!

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10
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many temples were built to gods in which kingdom in Egypt??????

A

MIDDLE KINGDOM

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11
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how did middle kingdom end

A

invasion of by HYKSOS in Syria

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12
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Egyptians defeated Hyksos and made this Egyptian kingdom

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THE NEW KINGDOM OMG!!! (1570-1070 BCE)

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13
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in 1350 BCE 1. ______ tried to change Egypts religion worship to sun god : 2. ____

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  1. Akhenaton

2. Aten

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14
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after Akhenatons death, _____’s old religion was restored

A

egypt:)

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15
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which Egyptian pharoah built the most temples and statues

A

RAMSES THE GREAT

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16
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Ramses the Great ruled for __ years

A

67

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17
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new kingdom of egypt was target because

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expanded kingdom

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18
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Egypt declined after ____ death

A

Ramses the Great

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19
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made Egypt ideal for agriculture

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delta of Nile

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20
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Egyptian women had more rights. _____ and ______ became pharoahs

A

hatshepsut and cleopatra

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21
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Egyptian relion

A

POLYTHEISTIC

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22
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egyptians believed in a_______e

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afterlife

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23
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mummification

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removing internal organs, dry body with salts, pack insides, wrap body with wrap

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24
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hieroglyphics

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Egyptian picture drawings

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25
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homo sapiens came from____ and went to ______ past

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Africa. ; south america

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26
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paleolithic developments with FIRE

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  1. cooking
  2. warmth
  3. protection
  4. light
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27
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paleolithic developmwnts domesticated animals

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  1. dog
  2. cow
  3. pig
  4. horses
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28
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paleolithic women invented f______

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farming

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29
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migration reasons:

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  1. no food/ drought
  2. war
  3. better hunting
  4. more safety area
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30
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cultural diffusion

A

spread of culture

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31
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animism

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obj/ nature have spiritual powers

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32
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kinship

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20 people

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33
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reason agriculture create civilizatiom

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not every1 hunt, men became powerful, need to protect surplus food

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34
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metalurgy

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know how to use metals to make tools and weapons

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35
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worlds first neolithic city

A

Catal Huyuk

36
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copper age

37
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bronze age

38
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iron age

39
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mesopotamia means:

A

land between two rivers

40
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3 civilizations that developed from scratch

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central america, china, mesopotamia

41
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oldest civilization in mesopotamia

42
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cuneiform

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on clay tablets, sumerian

43
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who could wrote cuneiform

44
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sumerian social classes:

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-elites, priests, merchants, farmers/laborers… slaves

45
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ziggurats

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mans first monumental architecture

46
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votive figures

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substitutes in temples

47
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Gilgamesh epic

A

oldest written story

48
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sumer fell:

A

no natural barriers

49
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who conquered sumer

A

sargon the great of akkad

50
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who ruled babylon

A

HAMMURABI!!!

51
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why is hammurabis code so important to W.H

A

first legal code, influential over future laws

52
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why were Assyrians important

A

iron weapons and good army

53
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lamassu

A

assyrian art; animal guardian

54
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verdic religion (north)

55
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HEBREW MONOTHEISM (sml group from west

56
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who established the old kingdom of egypt

A

pharoah MENSES

57
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in 3200 BCE egypt was originally…

A

2 KINGDOMS UNDER 2 KINGS

58
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cataracts

A

water falls

59
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ka

A

Only pharoahs and family have it, travels back & forth to afterworld

60
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ma’at

A

law and order

61
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ra

62
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rosetta stone

A

helped read hieroglyphics

63
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abu simbel

A

huge desert temple

64
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amarna era

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of akhenaton and nefertiti creating new religion

65
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cleopatra flirted with

A

marc anthony, julius caesar

66
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order of roman egyptian beliefs

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1: roman colony
2: roman culture
3: roman mummies

67
Q

no understandable writing in

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indus river valley

68
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no gov buildings in

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indus river valley

69
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1st kingdom in china

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xia dynasty

70
Q

yellow river is in

71
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Yangtze river is

A

CENTRAL CHINA

72
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china hierarchy:

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king, vassals, soldiers, peasants

73
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Chinese writing

A

pictographs in oracle bones

74
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mandate of heaven

A

dead did or didnt favor current leaders, kings needed legitimacy from them

75
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chinas traders

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middle east, India

76
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early chinese religion

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life controlled by dead, must respect ancestors

77
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olmec are known as

A

rubber people bc game!

78
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where were olmecs

A

Central America

79
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olmec language is not

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understood today

80
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olmec social class

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1king
2priest
3merchant
4farmers

81
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decline of olmec

82
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hebrews located

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middle east

83
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hebrew religion

84
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phonecians located

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middle east

85
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chavin located

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south america

86
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central america is _____ culture

87
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olmec _____ class v powerful

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