World History 1st exam review terms Flashcards by Nate Johnson | Brainscape

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Peleg

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Name means divison

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Nimrod

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first great empire builder

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southern plain of mesopotamia

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plain of shinar

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first post-deluvian civilization

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sumer

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ruled at the height of ur,also gave it a law code

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urnamu

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the school house

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adduba

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the most prominent arcitatural acheivement

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ziggurats

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believing heavenly bodys control life

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astrology

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first literary work known to man

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epic of gilgamesh

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first people to use iron

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hittites

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famous capital that someone went to to preach

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ninevah

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captured the northern kingdom of israel

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assyrians

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Conqured the fertile cresent and southern israel

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Nebuchadnezzar

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who create the first postal system

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darius I

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false religon of persia

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zoroastriamism

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who was the husband of queen esther

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xerxes I

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what is another name for israel

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promise land

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the cup holder guy

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nehimia

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a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.

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theocracy

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first people to enter india

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dravidians

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what religon is worshipping bhrama

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hinduism

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what is the point of buhddism

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to reach nirvana

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who created buddhism

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siddarthu gautama

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israel was split into what

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pakistan,bangledesh

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the worlds best iron

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damascene

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means middle country

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chun qo

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first to rule over a united china

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shih wang ti

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Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu

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4 main islands of japan

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Original inhabitants of the islands of japan

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ainu

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Who created a constitution for japan

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prince shotoku

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longest lasting religon in japan

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shinto

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feudal lords of japan

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shogun

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little countries of egypt

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nomes

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who gave egypt its nicknames

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herodotus

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who was the singular pyramid in egypt in honor of

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khesop

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The three outstanding monarchs of the Old Kingdom

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Khufu (Cheops), Khafre, and Menkaure

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who brought egypt to its main height

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thutmose III

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capital of egypt

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cario

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first people of greek

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minoans

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greece is on what penninsula

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balkan

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the city-states of greece

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polis

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rule by the people

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democracy