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37 Cards in this Set
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Herodotus
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Father of history/ some of his accounts were probably biased
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Historia
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from the Greek word meaning to learn through research, to inquire
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Cyclical
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pattern for fall and recovery (Ancient China)
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Progressive
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constantly getting better (evolution)
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Regressive
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constantly getting worse (jainism)
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Mythos
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"story", "plot" (American Mythos: more to do with people's impression about it and the values the founding fathers in our collective imagination
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Common elements in creation myths
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2nd gen. Gods; water; final battle; celestial creators; sibling gods; nothing at beginning; eggs; divers myth
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eclectic
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deriving ideas, styles, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources
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Civilization
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Human societies with cities
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economic specialization and social stratification
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common govern, other form of social bond and organization beyond kinship - agriculture
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agricultural surplus
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leads to social stratification. creates societies and city areas
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stratified society or hierarchy
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priest/ warriors consume larger portions of the surplus
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prehistory
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history before written language
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agricultural revolution
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able to have water control
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chalcolithic
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copper age
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logos doctrine
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the idea of speaking things into existence
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Primeval sea
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divided to make heaven and earth (sumerian myth)
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mesopotamia
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"land between the rivers"
the cradle of civilization |
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Tigris and Euphrates
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unpredictable
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akkadians
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semitic speakers from the north. First dynasty and empire in sumer, annexed the other city into empire. didn't last too long due to poor leadership
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epic of gilgamesh
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one of the first poetic literature of the ancient world: Gilgamesh on a journey to search out eternal life
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marduk
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babylonian god
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zggurat
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sumer temple
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code of hammurabi
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earliest code of laws. king of the first Babylonian empire. consisted of harsh punishments
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cuneiform
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wedged shape writing (usually on clay tablet)
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Nile
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predictable. Egypt easier to unified along the river, gave life
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upper/lower egypt
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south/north
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Upper/Lower Egypt
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south/north
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hieroglyphics
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"holy writing" to be read for eternity
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hyksos
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"rulers of the upland" semitic people. controlled lower Egypt.
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Hittites
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technology creating a kingdom, died due to attacks of the sea people
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osiris
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sone of Amon-ra. rule over the dead, associated with pharaoh
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isis
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wife of osiris, resurrection goddess
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Amon-Ra
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sun god, father god
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pharaoh
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mediator between heaven and earth. early time only he can achieve eternal life
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Cleopatra
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last of the monarchs
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Predynastic Kingdom (Egypt)
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4000-2700
first irrigation |
