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34 Cards in this Set
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Fertile Crescent
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region of the middle eaast in which civilization first arose
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Mesopotamia
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region within the fertile crescent that lies between the tigris and euphrates rivers
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Sumer
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site of the world's first civilization, located in southeaster Mesopotamia
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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Mesopotamian narrative poem the was first told in sumer
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Hierarchy
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system of ranking groups
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Ziggutat
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in ancient mesopotamia, a large, stepped platform thought to have been topped by a temple dedicated to a city's chief god or goddess
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Cuneiform
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In the ancient middle east, a system pf writing that used wedge shaped marks
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Sargon I
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Invaded Sumer and ruler of Akkad
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Hammurabi
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Ruler of babylonia, Hammurabis cod
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Codify
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to arrange of set down in writing
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Civil Law
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branch of law that deals with private rights and matters
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Criminal Law
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Branch of law that deals with offenses against others
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Nebuchadnezzar
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King of Babylon who rebuilt it in glorious fashion
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Barter Economy
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economic system in which one set of goods or services is exchanged for another
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Money Economy
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economic system in which goods or services are paid for through the exchange of a token an agreed value
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Zoroaster
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Made his empire monotheistic
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Colony
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territory settled and ruled by people from another land
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Alphabet
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Writing system in which each symbol represents a single basic sound
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Cataract
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waterfall
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Delta
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triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers
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Dynasty
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ruling family
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Pharaoh
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title of the rulers of ancient egypt
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Bureaucracy
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system of government that includes different job functions and levels of authority
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Vizier
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chief minister who supervised the business of government in ancient Egypt
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Hatshepsut
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Queen of egypt who had many architectual advanses
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Thutmose III
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Son in law of Hatshepsut who was a very good ruler
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Ramses II
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One of the last great Pharaohs
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Osiris
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God of death and the Nile
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Isis
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Wife of Osiris
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Ankhenaton
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Made there on god Akon
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Mummification
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Embalming process in ancient Egypt
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Hieroglyphics
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Writing system in ancient Egypt
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Papyrus
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Type of paper that was written on
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Rosetta Stone
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stone with many different languages on it
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