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15 Cards in this Set
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Ishtar
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Goddess of love and fertility
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Enki
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God of water
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Shamash
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God of the sun
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Ereshkigal
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Goddess of moon and underworld
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Anunnaki
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God of underworld
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Utnapishtim
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Mesopotamian "Noah"- only survivor of the great flood
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Anthropomorphic
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Viewing gods and goddesses with human characteristics, (emotions, features, etc...)
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Name eight of the main technical developments of Sumer:
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-Potter's Wheel
-Metalurgy -Wagon Wheel -Medicines -Sails -Plow -Numbering System -Writing |
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Ziggurat
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An imposing religious tower (staged) with a small chamber on top- resembled a "flatter" pyramid/mountain- believed to be used as a worship site.
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King Urukagina
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Forced priests to stop oppressing the people of Sumer/Mesopotamia.
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Paleolithic Age
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The earliest period when stone tools were used; ranged from about 1,000,000 to 10,00BC. (means "old-stone")
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Neolithic Revolution
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Shift from Paleolithic Age, (10,000 BC)- hunter gatherer societies began changing to settled communities of farmers and artisans. It is also referred to as the age of agriculture with the invention of farming, domestication of plants and animals, and the dev't of technologies such as pottery and weaving. (means "new-stone")
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Animism
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The belief in the existence of individual spirits that inhabit natural objects and phenomena; and the belief in innumerable spiritual beings concerned with human affairs and capable of helping or harming human interests
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Polytheistic
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The belief in many gods/goddesses
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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Fable of a Mesopotamian king who wanted to gain immortality.
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