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31 Cards in this Set
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-king set and enforced law
-kings were the military leaders and high priests. -most punishments were fines -death not common for punishment -city states governed themselves |
Sumerians
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-men were the heads of the house
-men could buy and sell there wives and children into slavery -women could buy and sell property -women owned own businesses. |
Sumerians
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RELIGION
-polytheistic(man gods) -each city state own god INVENTIONS -wagon wheel,arches,potter wheel,sundial,umbrella |
Sumerians
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-Take control in 2300 b.c.
-led by Hammurabi -polytheistic TECH -irrigation,counting/writing system -skilled engineers |
Babylonians
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greatest achievement-he made justice appear in the land
-created a strict law system(eye for an eye) -laws were written down so everyone knew the law -punishments were strict -death led to fall of Babylonians |
Hammurabi king of the Babylonians
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-from 3,000 b.c.- 30 b.c.
-located along part of Nile in north-east Africa -divided into old,middle and new kingdoms -lived in mud brick homes -used hieroglyphs -agricultural society -bureaucratic government ACOMPLISHEMNTS -built pyramids,math-decimals,medicine, used scientific method |
Egyptians
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-Built many monuments
-pharaoh during Jews escape -built many monuments -created treaty with surrounding civilizations |
Ramses II of Egypt
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-conquered the the Sumerian's
-spoke language similar to Hebrew |
Akkadians
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-launched military campaign for control of fertile crescent
-led empire till death -empire collapsed when empire his grandson died |
Sargon I of the akadians
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-highly developed city states
-kings were elected -welfare system for pore -if king did bad job he could be removed |
Kingdom of Ebla
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-fearsome fighters
-iron weapons -chariots that hold 2 soldiers -overwhelmed other armies -borrowed culture from rest of mespotamia |
The Hittites
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-army was the most lethal in the middle east
-used cuneiform -treated conquered people badly -central government -kingdom fell apart in 612 b.c because of revolt of conquered people |
Assyrians
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-empire stretched to Syria
-city of Babylon became the most beautiful city ever -Interested in astronomy -empire ended in 539b.c. -dominate the fertile crescent |
Chaldeans
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-extended Chaldean empire as west as Syria and Canaan
-conquered jerusilim -he rebuilt Babylon and made Chaldean's wealthy -created hanging gardens -his death led to fall of empire later on |
Nebachadnzer
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-conquered the whole fertile crescent
-created royal road stretched 1,500 miles,rest stop every 14 miles |
Persians
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-assigned satraps
-allowed conquered people to keep religion,language and laws -ideals of Zoroaster helped to strengthen monarchy -waged war against Greeks over the control of Asia minor -when his son took over he lost terribly to the Greeks and stopped expansion into Europe. |
Darius I of the Persians
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-a profit
-developed concept of good and evil -said that if you chose good you would have eternal life -if you chose bad you would be in eternal darkness after death |
Zoroaster of the Persians
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-lived in the area of Lebanon, Israel and Jordan
-Had colonies in europe one was carthage -next to Mediterranean sea,they mostly traded over the sea ACCOMPLISHMENTS -alphabet to keep records -money system and set price |
Phoenicians
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-they were monotheistic(one god)
-traced origins from Abraham a herder and trader who live in Mesopotamia -they lived in Canaan -king David set up capital in Jerusalem -percerveared through persecution because they beleaved if they sticked to the religion they would be rewarded in the after life. |
Israelites
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city state
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a city and the land surrounding it
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cuniform
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a writing system made by pressing ready into soft clay
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dynasty
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sequence of rulers from he same family
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bureucracy
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division of government by bureaus
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theocracie
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government were gods are the rulers
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polytheism
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beleafe in many gods
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monotheism
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beleafe in one god
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empire
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group of nations ruled by on leader
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covenent
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agreement
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diaspora
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Greek word meaning scattered
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confederation
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a loose union
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barter
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exchanging wares for other goods
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