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86 Cards in this Set
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__________ _________ was the punishment for many crimes
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Capital punishment (execution)
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Little was known about this civilization until this century
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Hittites
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List two reasons why early civilizations developed around large rivers
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1. Rivers frquently overflowed, making the surrounding land fertile
2. Irrigation was used to provide water for areas around rivers |
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What was the Fertile Crescent?
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Astrip of land that formed an arc between the mediterranean sea and the persian Gulf
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___________ was the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent
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Mesopotamia
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Located between Tirgris and Euphrates Rovers
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Mesopotamia
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means "land between rivers"
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Mesopotamia
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Most of Mesopotamia is in
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Iraq
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Some people believe this is where the garden of Eden was located
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Mesopotamia
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Earliest major civilization
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Sumerians
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First people to build ziggurats
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Sumerians
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Large temples that were the center of worship and trade
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zigguurats
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invented cuneiform
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Sumerians
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wedge-shaped writing
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Cuneiform
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Probably the first system of writing invented
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Cuneiform
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Collection of Sumerian stories and legends
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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Supposedly a Sumerian king
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Gilgamesh
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People that invented the wheel.
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Sumerians
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The Sumerians invented the
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wheel
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The Sumerian's most famous king was
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Hammurabi
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During his rile, a system of law codes was written called
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Hammurabi, Code of Hammurabi
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This became a guideline for many later civilizations
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Code of Hammurabi
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The code followed the idea of an ___ for an ___ and a _____ for a ____
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eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
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The code followed the idea of an ___ for an ___ and a ___ for a ___
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eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
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Name the reasons for studying history
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1. History helps us understand the past
2. History helps us understand the present 3. History contains many fascinating facts 4. A proper understanding of history can enabe us to avoid the mistakes of the past |
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What is history?
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The record of the past
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What does BC and AD mean?
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Before Christ and Anno Domini (in the year of the Lord)
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The Amorites lived in Babylon, they were called the
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Old Babylonians
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The Amorite's most famous king was
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Hammurabi
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The Assyrians were specialists in ________
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Warefare
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Assyrians made extensive use of ____ weapons including ____ ____________ ____.
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iron, iron bettering rams
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Often were extremely cruel-they tortured, beheaded, burned, skinnned, impaled, enslaved and dismembered their enemies
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Assyrians
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The Assyrian's capital city _______ had a large library of cunieoform tablets located there.
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Nineveh
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The Old Testament book of Jonah tells about the prophet Jonah preaching in this city
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Nineveh
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The ________ were known as the New Babylonians during the rule of King Nebuchadnezzar, they ______ the city of Babylon to serve as their capital city
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Chaldeans, rebuilt
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Nebuchadnezzar built a huge palace there, he built the _____________ ___________ ___ ______________ which contained __________ _______.
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon which contained tropical plants
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These gardens and the city's walls were "one of the 7 wonders of the Ancient World"
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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The ____ conquered the Chaldeans
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Persians
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Unlike the Assryians, they were very leniant with the people they conquered as long as these people didn't rebel
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Persians
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The ___________were the greatest traders of the ancient world, skilled sailors, and started colonies throughout the Mediterranean Sea
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Phoenicians
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The alphabet we use today is based on their
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Phoenicians
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The Hebrews believe in _______ god(s)
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one
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Our knowledge of the Hebrew history is based primarily on the
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Old Testament
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today the Jewish religion (_____) is based on their ideas (whose?)
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Judaism is based on their ideas, the hebrews
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A small groups of HEBREWS LEFT ____________ to settle in present day ___, led by _________
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Mesopotamia to settle in present day Isreal, led by Abraham
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The Hebrews were also known as the ________
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Israelites
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Hebrews were also known as
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Israelites and Jews
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Hebrews then moved to Egypt during a _____-led by
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famine,Abraham
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They later became slaves in Egypt
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THe Hebrews
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They were led out of Egypt by __ (discussed in the ___ ________)
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Moses, disvussed in the Old testament
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They returned to the area around around __________ _______ ________
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present day Israel
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The Jewish holiday _________ celebrates the Hebrews leeaving Egypt
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Passover
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The Hebrews were organized into __tribes named for the __ sons of Jacob
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12
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Known as Israel
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Jacob
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THe Mosaic Law- (___ total laws,____don't, ___ do) was named for _____
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Moses, 613, 365 don't, 248 do)
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These were the laws which governed the Hebrws
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Mosaic Laws
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First three kings of Isreal
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saul, david and solomon
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Old testament says he killed a giant named Goliath in his younger years
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David
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Jewish place of worship
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synagogue
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jewish religious teacher
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rabbi
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What does the Jewish Bible contain?
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Only the old testament
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pharoah
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Ruler of Egypt, was a king, on a few occasions was a queen
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Appointed by the pharoah to serve as his assistant, smiliar to a present day prime minster
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Vizier
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Each early ruler usually had a _________ built for himself
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pyramid
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what did the pyramid serve as?
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a monument for the pharah and as a tomb
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A small groups of Hebrews left Mesopotamia to settle in _______ ____ ________-led by Abraham
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present day israel
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The Hebrews were also known as _______ and ____
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Israelites and Jews
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Hebrews moved to Egypt during a ____________-led by ________'s ___________ named ___________
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famine, led by abraham's grandson named JACOB
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Egyptians believed in ___ ____ _______
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life after death
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Egyptians were ___________-
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polytheistic
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The Egyptians believed pharoahs were ____
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gods
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Bodies of poor people were ____ in the desert sand and were sometimes better preserved than those ______
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buried, embalmed
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They thought that _____ person would need his ____ again in the afterlife
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dead, body
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an embalming process called _______ was used to preserve the bodies of important people
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mummification
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figure that had the head of a human, ___ or ____ and the body of a
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, ram or hawk, lion
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The huge sphinx carvd near the pyramids was called hte q
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Great sphinx
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Was buried in a small unfinished tomb probably meant for a government official
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King Tut
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Was not an important pharoah
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King Tut
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Due to location, India was virtually separated from the rest of the wrl and there forhad limited contact with
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the other civilizatnios
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monsoons
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seasonal wind that normally brought heavy rains for a few months each year
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earliest civilization in greece, developed along the island of crete
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minoan civilization
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it appears that on of their acitvites was bullleaping
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minoan civilization
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because of its location in the mediterranean sea, it became a trading center
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minoan civilization
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MOst of the buildings were destroyed-this was caused by 4 things
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1. volcano
2. earthquake 3. tidal wave 4. invaders from the greek mainland |
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much is unknown about the _____________ because
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much of their writing is undecipheredq
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ruled by a king
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monarchy
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