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38 Cards in this Set
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Pictographs
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pictures that stand for words or ideas
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Middle East
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Where Egypt,Saudi Arabia, Jordan Turkey etc. First hunter gatheres settled
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Catal Huyuk
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a large neolithic town that was an archeologicak site. It had 1000 houses and a population of 5000-6000.It was in the Middle East
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Famine
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A sevire shortage of food that can cause estarvation
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Irrigation System
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a system used originally to get needed water to field sby means of pipees,canals,and ditches
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Bulla and Tockens
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a ball with tockens made by clay used to help them keep track of trading.
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Cuneiform
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wedge shaped ;consisted in 600 symbols ;invented by Sumerians
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domestication
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to tame animals or plants to do what you want
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zigguart
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a type of temple with one room at the top.
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Scribes
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proffesional writers and record keepers
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settled communities
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a group of people that don't travel
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City-state
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a city and sorrounding villages and farmland that it controlled.People had many different jobs.
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Nomads
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one of a group of people who move woth their flock and herds as the season changes to find water and pasture.
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edible Plants
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plants that can be eaten
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Self sufficient
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to provide for oneself without help of others.
Catal Huyuk was Umm dabaghiyah wasn't |
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What happened to make humans change to food producers?
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-start watching the plants and animals
-domesticated plants and animals -mortar and pestle -surplus |
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Mesopotamia
Sumer Climate of the region Irrigation System city-state artisan administrators Bulla and tockens Nomads Invaders Military Leaders Polythesm Worship Pictograph Cuneiform Scribes |
the land between the rivers
where civilizations beganIn Mesopotamia hot110,dry,rivers flooded inpredictable a system used originally to get needed water in the fields by piped, canals, ditches |
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Hunter -gatherers
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hunted animals and gathered wild food.
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surplus
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extra grain or food
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Agriculture
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growing plants and raising anomals
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Mesopotamia
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the land between the rivers
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Invaders
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warriors that attack other places to take over or to steal goods.
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What made the city of ur different than other civilations?
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Features of city and civilization
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Artisan
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a skilled worker who makes good by hand
EX: pottery instruments games etc. |
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Ain MAllaha
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archeological site in the Jordan River VAlley. People settled ther from 1100 B.C.E.
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Umm Dabaghiyah
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a small settlement that archeologist say existed
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Mortar and pestle
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a round object hollowed out in the center to pound grain.
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Neolithic villages and towns
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settlements in the era of new stone
between 800-500 B.C. |
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Trade
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exchanging one thing for another
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Sumer
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where civilizations arose.Conteined city-states that became powerful. Southern part of Mesopotamia.,
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Military Leaders
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eventually become kings;led the defense of the city-states
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Fertile Crecent
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a crecebt shaped land that had good soil.MAny settlements were near
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Ur
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ancient city located in Iraq.Were able to farm because of irrigation system.
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Administrators
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managers to organize the building and keeping of canals.At first they were priests.
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Polytheism
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believe in many gods.
Sumer was polytheism |
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enviornment
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living and nonliving things that sorround a person or people.
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Climate of the region
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hot (110)
dry rivers flooded inpredictable |
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Worship
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to look up to someone ,specially gods
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