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18 Cards in this Set
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Hierarchy
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System of ranking groups
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Cunieiform
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System of early writing
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civil law
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Deals with private rights and matters such as marriage, divorce and business contracts
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codify
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to write down a set of laws that govern a state
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barter economy
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exchange of good and services for another
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Sargon
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first empire of Fertile crescent
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Assurbanipal
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Created a library at Nineveh
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Nebuchadnezzar
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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Abraham
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Father of Israelite people
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Hammurabi
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first codified law system
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platea
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a flat raised area of land
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rajah
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an aryan cheif
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subcontinent
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when a continent is below and just out from another continent
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Vedas
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a book with hymns,chants, and rituals teaching about behaviors
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Aryans
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nomadic warrior people who settled in India
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loess
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fine, windblown yelloe sand, soil
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calligraphy
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fine handwriting
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oracle bones
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written on turtle sheels that helped predict the future
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