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20 Cards in this Set
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Most powerful tool in the world
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Word
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Two rivers that outline Mesopotamia
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Tigris and Euphrates
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Man who walks upright
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Homo erectus
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Man who thinks
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Homo sapien
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First written language
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Cuneiform
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What does Mesopotamia mean?
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The land between two rivers
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What were our ancestors called?
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Cro-Magnons
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What country is in Mesopotamia's place today?
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Iraq
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What was the first civilization on earth?
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Sumer
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What did a typical Sumerian look like?
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Short, black haired, and stocky
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Chief crop of the Sumerians
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Barley
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Language spoken in Akkad
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Akkadian
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What does "ziggurat" mean?
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Mountain of god
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What is an artisan?
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Skilled workers
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What does Neolithic Age mean?
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New Stone Age
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What does Paleolithic Age mean?
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Old Stone Age
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Second most important invention of all-time
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Wheel
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Friend of Gilgamesh
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Enkidu
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Ran the schools
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Priests
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What does culture mean?
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Way of life
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