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37 Cards in this Set
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Paleolithic Age
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Stone age, Hunting Gatehring Society known for cave art
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Mesolithic Age
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Middle Stone age, transition period between the Ice age and the neolithic to come
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Neolithic Age
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New Stone age man becomes more complex and lays down the initial block of society
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Lascaux Hall of the bulls
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many chambered room that portryaed bulls with the idea of "if you paint it, they will come"
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Willendorf
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the site where they found the venus of willendorf
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Venus of willendorf
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Mini Statuette that is determined to be female. displays realism and acts as a sign of fratillity.
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Catal Huyuk
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Found in Turkey, this city had defense in mind with all of its doors found on top of the house. tightly knit. Built against a volcano
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Jericho
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Shows that man has picked a fixed location. Has come up with the idea of a WALL to keep outsiders out.
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Stone hedge
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Most famous Henge of the Neolithic Age.
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Dolmens
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megalithic stone structure that marked Burials.
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Menhirs
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Megalithic Stone structure that marked routes
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Sumarian
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1st to set up a city state
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Akkadians
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concerned with domination
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Babylonians
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1st written law
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Assyrians
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Known for arcitechual Artwork
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Persians
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Giant palaces
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Sargon of Akkad
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name ment true king. Made ruling and religion one wanted to rule the four directions.
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Inanna
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Goddess of love- Gilgamesh rejected her. Her revenge is extracted by killing incado gilgameshes best friend
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Shumash
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Most important God for the near east and mesopotamia.
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Cuneiform
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Earliest of writing styles developed y the sumarians-- Pictographic.
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Lamissu
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Mythical creature, half man half bull that was veiwd as protective.
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Stylized
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a non realistice depiction based on abstraction.
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Ziggurat
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Temples (litterally)Square, where you would find Prayer stautes.
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Naram-Sin
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Depicted with heighachy of Scale crushing his enemys while looking to the heavens.
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Menes Namer
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Unifier of upper and lower eygpt seen on the pallette of namer.
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Khufu, Khafre,Menkaur
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builders of the pyramid of giza
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mentuhotep
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Middlekingdom unifier known as the shepard of the people
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Hyksos
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Asiatic group that invades eygpt and brings with them a war like attitude.
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Hapshepsut
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Only ever female pharogh
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Akhenaten
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Heritec that changes the religious system from polytheism to monotheisim. Introducing warship of the sun disk ATEN
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Ramses II
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Longest living pharough. lived and ruled for 60 years, known for his temple at abu simbel.
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Name the egyptian gods
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Ra
Osirus AND isis Seth AND Nepththys Horus Hathor Anubus |
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Ben-Ben
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First mound of earth. Ra ejaculates to create life
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Mastaba
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Burial structure
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Necropolis
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Lots of mastabas forming a city of the dead.
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Serdab
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Room that conceals your Ka statue
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Pallot of Normor
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Make up pallete, not practical in use. Displays the Pharoughs power.
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