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how did agriculture change early peoples lives?
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stable food- grew crops & domesticated animals
and shelter and communities and jobs and trade |
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what geographic challenges led to the rise of city states in mesopotamia
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1. food shortages in the hills, people moved to the plains
2. controlling the water supply- created the irrigation system 3. farming villages grew to city states and needed to be governed |
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why do historians classify anceint sumer as a civilzaton
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1. stable food supply
2. a social structure 3. a system of government 4.a reilgous system 5 a developed way of life arts, music, etc 6. advances in technology - tools and practical inventions 7 a highly developed language- cuneiform |
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what were the four empires of mesopotamia
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akkadians, babylonians, assyrians, and the neo- babylonians
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who ruled the akkadian empire
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king sargon
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swhat was king sargons greatest strength/ accomplishment
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his military strategies
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explain this strategy
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he assembled a large army
2 taught soliers to fight 3 had soliers with sheilds in the front line 4 behind the front line, he had soldiers with spears |
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who was the ruler who united mesopotamia and who was the king of babylon
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king hammurabi
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what was king hammurabi best known for?
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code of laws eye for an eye
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who was the most famous king of the neo- Babylonia
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king nebuchadezzar
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what was the social structure for the sumerians
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top- priests- landowners- government officials
middle- merchants and artisans bottom- slaves |
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what key things were done by the sumerians to maintain a stable food supply
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an irrigation system
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where did the kushites settle
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south of egypt along the southern part of the nile
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what is the name of the longest river in teh world that flows through eastern africa to a delta in NE egypt
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nile
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what 2 deserts bordered the nile vallley
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libyan and nubian deserts
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who was the first women pharaoh of egypt
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hatshepsut
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what was the capital city of the assyrian empire
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niveveh
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what were the ancient egyptian leaders called
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pharaohs
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what were the 3 long periods of stapility and unity under the rule of pharaohs
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old new and middle kingdom
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who build the great pyramid of giza
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khufu
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who ruled teh middle kingdom
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senusret
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what was senusrets greatest achievement
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religious architecture like the white chapel
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who was the first ruler of the new kingdom
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hatshepsut
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how did hatshepsut strengthen her position as pharaoh
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put loyal advisors in the government
2 demanded as much respect as a male pharaoh |
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defien regent
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sharing power
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