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What is Maat?
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to speak of the virtues of a good life
.. idea of justice, right, truth, and order
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What advantages did the Homo erectus once they got fire?
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They were able to cook their dinner and they could use the fire to ward of predators. And with the fire they could also have heat in the winter.
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What is a scribe?
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Professional writers in ancient region know to historians as the Fertile Cresent
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What is the Ka?
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Ka was a spiritual being that made the Egyptians believe that they needed to mummify a pharaohs body.
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Where is the Fertile Crescent?
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Within the nations of Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq
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Where were the first crops cultivated- rice, corn, millet, beans, squash and other food?
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These crops were cultivated in the Fertil Crescent.
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What does Heirogphics mean?
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means sacred carving...they were the Egyptian's form of writing
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Name four of the dynasties in China we studied.
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Shang, Chou, Chin, and Han
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What was the oldest and most important city in China?
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Anyang
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What was the result of the Persian War?
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~Athens was burned to ashes
~The Delian League, group of 140 city-states was formed |
