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20 Cards in this Set
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Surplus |
More of something than as needed |
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Ziggurant |
A pyramid-shaped temple in sumer |
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Scribe |
A writer |
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Cuneiform |
The world's first system of writing |
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Mesopotamia |
Land between two rivers |
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Nebuchadnezzar |
One of the many kings of Babylon... rebuilt Babylon and hanging gardens of Babylon |
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2 advances by the Sumerians |
Writing,served and worshipped gods |
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2 items the Phoenicians were known for |
Purple dye and the alphabet |
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pictographs |
A picture symbol |
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What do a scribe do? |
It wrote and kept track of things |
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Social hierarchy |
The division of society by rank or class |
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Who started the first alphabet? |
Phoenicians |
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Division of labor |
The type of arrangement on which each worker specializes in a particular task or job.... Different jobs people did |
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Irrigation |
A way of supplying water to an area of land |
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Stylus |
Sharp tools to right symbols |
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Sargon |
The first ruler to have an permanents army |
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City-state |
Consisted of a city and all countryside around it |
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2 advances the Hittites were know for |
Chariot and iron weapons |
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Hanging gardens of Babylon |
One of the seven wonders of ancient world |
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What does Priest and ziggurat have in common? |
Priest would perform sacrifices and other rituals in ziggurat |
