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27 Cards in this Set
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Phoenicians |
A member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C |
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Hammaurabi's Code |
The first known written set of laws for a civilization. |
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Bartering |
Exchange goods without involving money. |
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Domestication |
Adaptation to intimate association with human beings. |
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Narmer |
King of Upper Egypt, conquered lower Egypt and made it united. |
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Sargon of Akkad |
King of Akkadian and possibly Assyria believed to be responsible for conquering Sumer and creating the first empire. |
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Citadel |
A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle. |
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An important Sumerian city-state. |
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Bronze Age |
The period (3000 B.C. to 1200 B.C.) in which people discovered how to combine metals to make alloys. |
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City-States |
A self governing city that also governs nearby villages. |
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Papyrus |
Paper made of a tall reedy plant that grows in the Nile River. |
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Nomads |
A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to seasons. |
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Gilgamesh |
Main character in Akkadian poem. Considered to be the first great work of literature. |
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Silt |
Mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake. |
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Rosetta Stone |
Large that has hieroglyphics, demotic, and Greek written on it that allowed people to translate hieroglyphics. |
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The Fertile Crescent |
Land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers containing dark, rich soil. |
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Ziggurat |
A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians. |
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Slash and Burn |
A method of cultivating crops, by cutting down old crops and burning remains. |
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Neolithic Revolution |
A change that began in the Middle East that occurred about 10,000 years ago where people moved from hunting and gathering tribes to the use of farming and beginnings of civilization. |
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Theocracy |
The belief in government by divine guidance. |
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Hieroglyphics |
A writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt. |
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Synagogue |
The place of worship for a Jewish congregation. |
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Polytheism |
Belief in multiple Gods. |
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Cuneiform |
An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia. |
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Zoroastrianism |
A religion founded by the Persian prophet Zoroaster based on the belief of one god as supreme and the enemy of evil. |
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Monotheism |
Belief in a single God |
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Sumer |
The site of the earliest known civilization; located in Mesopotamia in present-day southern Iraq; later became Babylonia |
