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27 Cards in this Set
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Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
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-connect seeds to plants
-domesticate animals -higher life expectancy -permanent settlements |
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Stonehenge Culture
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-homes
-protection -urban centers |
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irrigation
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-channeling river water to water crops
-ditches -labor intensive |
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indo-europeans
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-large family of languages
-english, modern europe, greek, latin, persian, sanskrit |
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cuneiform
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-sumerian form of writing
-pictographic -symbolized ideas or concrete objects |
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epic of gilgamesh
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-the first epic poem
-wanderings of gilgamesh, struggles -enduring questions (death, life, etc) |
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sargon of akkad
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-semitic chieftain, first world conqueror
-sumer -expanded empire, spread mesopotamiam culture throughout the fertile crescent -led to evolution of new culture |
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hammurabi
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-king of babylon
-institutued best known code of law -severe, but just -legal procedure -every aspect of life |
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book of the dead
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-egyptian book that guided soul after death
-gives us insight into religion and afterlife -have to be good enough |
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pharaoh
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-king of egypt
-son of the god horus |
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pyramid
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-massive tomb for pharaoh
-contained all they had in life and would need in death |
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Hyksos and bronze
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-cultural diversity
-new bronze tools for everyday use -bronze weapons |
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Sumerians and Semites
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-city states
-theocracy -ziggurats -writing -math/astronomy -literature -religion |
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polytheism
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-worship of many gods
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monotheism
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-worship of one God
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Akhenaton
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-first to impose monotheism on Egypt
-only Aton -not popular -died with him |
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Hittites
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-Palestine
-battle of kadesh with egypt; a draw -diplomacy with babylon -conquered by sea people -completely destroyed |
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Sea Peoples
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-philistines
-nomads that settled down -catalyst for hebrews |
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theocracy
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-religion and politics are one
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Hebrews and Philistines
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-Hebrews God's chosen people
-encountered each other in Palestine -contact not always hostile -culture exchange |
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Phoenicians
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-semitic speaking
-outstanding merchants and explorers -purple and blue textiles -phoenetic alphabet |
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hieroglyphics
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-Egyptian writing system
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Assyrian Empire
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-police state
-warrior civilization -military contributions -conquered vast empire -royal roads -ruled through terror -does not encourage loyalty |
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Persian Empire
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-horseback riding as military skill
-iron -conquered vast empire -satrapy system -religious toleration -road building |
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Cyrus the Great
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-conquered Lydia
-captured greek colonies on ionian coast -took bactria and parthia -destroyed the babylonians |
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Zoroastrianism
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-ethical monotheism
-battle of good (ahuramazda) and bad (ahriman) -personal choice of whom you will serve -concept of Heaven and Hell -Last Judgment -royal sponsorship |
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royal road
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-1677 miles from greek coast to western iran
-built by persians -military and communication use |
