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37 Cards in this Set
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markers of the Ancient pd
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code of law; recorded history
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region that homo erectus first migrated to
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north africa
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how homo sapiens reached australia and north america
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land bridges during the ice age
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first to leave cave paintings
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cro-magnon
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neolithic era
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new stone age
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characteristic of humans before civilizations
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ability to spread to various geographic settings and climates
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neolithic revolution first occured in
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middle east
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development of cities required what for security
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strcutured city govt.s
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development of traders (miller,etc) is an example of
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division of labor
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with agriculture the role of woman became
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care of house and children
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iron age begins at the start of what pd
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classical
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why did first civilizations settle on rivers
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transportation; crop irrigation
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characteristics of Catal Huyuk
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8000 ppl
specialized labor trade with other villages located in Turkey |
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characteristics of the first civilizations
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food surplus
social classes |
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city-state
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a city and the surrounding territory it controls
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Hammurabi is best know for
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code of law
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what constituted middle class in sumeria
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farmers and craftsmen
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what do yu call writing in Sumer
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cuneiform
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epic of gilgameh illustrates
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continuity into post-classical (islamic pd)
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polytheism
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worship of multiple gods
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earliest known writing developed in
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middle east
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characteristic of political organization of the Tigris-Euphrates civilizations
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regional city-states
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true of both ancient egypt and mesopotamia
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both used iron and traded in indus valley
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what characterized the old kingdom in egypt
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100 yrss of civil war
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first known female ruler of egypt
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Hatshepsut
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best represent class structure in ancient egypt
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upper class of rulers and govt officials
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system of writing egypt
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hieroglyphics
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the (south?) part of India is often called
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the Indian subcontinent
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monsoon winds from SW brings what problem to india?
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heavy rains
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a cash crop grown in india (5000BCE)
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cotton
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which r most likely cause of demise of indus calley
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natural disasters
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river in china with extensive rice farming and transportation
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yangzi (chang)
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kaolin is used for
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pottery
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best describes early chinese cities
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walls seperated elite from ordinary
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in 1050 the shang fell to
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the Zhou
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ancient chinese religions
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gods represented nature
but spirits of ancestore were important |
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mandate of heaven
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power granted rulers by the heavens
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