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22 Cards in this Set
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What did Hammurabi write in Cuneiform?
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Hammurabi's Code / Set of Laws |
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Why did nomads move around? |
To search for food |
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What did Systematic agriculture lead to?
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Rise in population / Larger Settlements |
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What allowed people to devote their lives to non-agricultural work?
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Surplus - having more than what you need |
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Metallurgy allowed Mesopotamians to create what?
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Stronger weapons and tools |
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Who’s in the Upper class
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Priest's, Warriors, Kings, Government Officials |
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What did irrigation help?
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Agriculture, to grow more crops |
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What is Cuneiform?
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Important contribution, first form of writing wedged shapes. |
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What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
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Oldest written story, important piece of literature. |
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Prehistory can also be called a what?
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Era or Epoch |
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What’s a decade?
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10 years |
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What does AD stand for?
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Anno Domini "In the year of our lord" |
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What’s a Millennium?
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1000 years |
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What’s century?
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100 years |
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What line of latitude is 0 degrees and separates the world North (top) and South (bottom)
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Equator |
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What line of longitude is 0 degrees and separates the world left (west) and right (east)
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Prime Meridian |
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What are secondary sources? |
Created after the fact. -Biography, Textbook, Journal or magazine about previous events. |
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What is a primary source? |
From the event. Autobiography, Artifact, Diary, |
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What is the non religious way to say AD? |
CE or Common Era |
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What is the non religious way to say BC? |
BCE or Before Common Era |
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Who's in the middle class |
farmers, merchants, artisans |
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Who's in the lower class? |
Slaves, Criminals |
