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Notable Sumerian Inventions?
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Plow
Sail Wheel |
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Where did Sumerian civilization develop?
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Mesopotamia
Tigris-Euphrates Rivers |
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Complex Sumerian Institutions?
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Ziggurat (Polytheistic)
City-State |
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Mesopotamian King
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Claimed Divine Power
Enforced Religious Duties (Combining Religion/Political Institutions) |
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Akkadians?
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Conquered Sumerians
(Kept their culture) |
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Babylonians
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Conquered Akkadians
(Hammurabi Code) |
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Epics of Gilgamesh
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Sumerian Writings
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NiIe River
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Flooded very predictably (Godly)
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Rosetta Stone
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Deciphered the Hieroglyphics
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Egyptian Political Institutions
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Centralized
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Pharaoh
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Messenger of God
Blend of Political/Religious Institutions |
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What was used to compensate for the fact that their was no code of conduct for the Egyptians?
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Religion
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Roles of Men and Women: Egypt
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Eqality
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Egypt traded with...
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Mesopotamia
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What society needed extensive slaves?
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Eygpt
Pyramids |
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Role of Women: Mesopotamia
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Expected to follow men
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What civilization developed around the Indus River?
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Harappa
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Harappa Cities?
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Harappa
Mohenjo-Doro <urbanized/very prosperous> |
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What civilization was built in a grid formation?
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Harappa
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What civilization's writing is indecipherable?
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Harappa
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Speculations for Harappa's disappearance?
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Monsoons
Invasions by Indo-Euros <Kyber Pass?> |
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T or F?
Harappa was very unsanitary. |
False.
Bathhouses/ Plumbing System/ Garbage Takeouts |
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Why was the Huang He deemed the "River of Sorrow"?
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Unpredictable
Deadly |
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What civilization developed in almost complete isolation?
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Huang He River Valley
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What Chinese dynasty took place at the Huang He River?
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Shang Dynasty
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Why were women respected in the Shang Dynasty?
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Family was very important
<Not EQUAL> |
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Why were the Shang Dynasty's oracle bones significant?
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Predicted the future
<Turtle Shells> Led to development of language |
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What significant inventions did the Shang Dynasty produce?
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Oracle Bones
Bronze Weapons Calender Writing |
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Shang Dynsty: Religion?
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Ancestor Worship
"Shang Di" God |
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3 Similarities between Mosaic Code and Code of Hammurabi
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Based on morals
Derived from Gods Sacred Matrinomy |
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What significant inventions did the Shang Dynasty produce?
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Oracle Bones
Bronze Weapons Calender Writing |
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Shang Dynsty: Religion?
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Ancestor Worship
"Shang Di" God |
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Similarities between Mosaic Code and Code of Hammurabi
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Based on morals
Derived from Gods Sacred Matrinomy |
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What significant inventions did the Shang Dynasty produce?
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Oracle Bones
Bronze Weapons Calender Writing |
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Shang Dynsty: Religion?
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Ancestor Worship
"Shang Di" God |
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Similarities between Mosaic Code and Code of Hammurabi
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Based on morals
Derived from Gods Sacred Matrinomy |
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What significant inventions did the Shang Dynasty produce?
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Oracle Bones
Bronze Weapons Calender Writing |
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Shang Dynsty: Religion?
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Ancestor Worship
"Shang Di" God |
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Similarities between Mosaic Code and Code of Hammurabi
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Based on morals
Derived from Gods Sacred Matrinomy |
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Difference between Mosaic Code and Cod of Hammurabi
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CODE OF HAMMURABI
Equitable Punishments based on classes Efficency Empowered the government |
MOSAIC CODE
Concern for the less fortunate Social justice Government Hebrews |
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Exodus
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Moses lead the Israelites through the desert out of Egypt (40 yrs).
To the Promised Land. |
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Where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments from God
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Mount Sinai
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