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homo sapiens
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"one who knows" with reasoning ability, language skills, and erect body carriage. 200,000BCE to 37BCE
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homo sapiens religious beliefs
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graves with evidence of ritual ceremonies shows concern for afterlife
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faleolithic people
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nomads who followed herds for food. Old Stone Age ( about time of ice age) 36,000BCE to 15,000BCE
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what/where was the earliest wall paintings
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Paleolithic period(approx 15,000BCE) cave paintings at Lascaux, France and Altomira Spain.
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name and describe a famous example of prehistoric sculpture
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Venus or Woman of Willendorf, Austria. 26,000 to 20,000BCE. fertility goddess
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New Stone Age-8,000BCE transformation in human culture
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hunters and gathers became herders and farmers, planting seeds and domesticating animals. BCE(Before Common Era0
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what is the difference about Valtorta Gorge rock painting
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8,000 BCE fuliview on limestone under cliff. humans working together with weapons. cense of movement
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describe stoneheange and its probable purpose
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post and lintel. Cromlech= circle of stones. solar clock
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where is the Fertile Crescent and the two new developments
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lands along the Tigris and Euphrates, jordan, and sometimes Nile. Copper-6,000BCE, Bronze-3,000bce, Iron-1200bce to 600bce. 1st historical period written record
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what is cuniform and its development
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wedge- shaped writting on wet clay. started as pictograms then symbols then idograms then sounds
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who ruled Sumer
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Gillimesh
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what was sumerain religion
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worshiped center of harvest
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Sumer major gods
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Anu - god of heaven, Ninhursag - mother goddess, Enlil - god of air, Ishar - queen of heaven
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what is ziggurat
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temple (like a mountain)
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Ziggurat construction
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stepped, made of bricks
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ziggurat purpose
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used to worship and connect with god
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facial expression of sumerian sculpture
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awestruck, wide open eyes
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who was Hammurabi
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king of Bbylon
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Hammurabi's great contribution
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law code,7 feet tall, 282 laws "eye for an eye"
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Hammurabi's fomouse stele
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shamash ( si=un god)seated god, laws given to Hammurabi
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statues of Assyrains and Human Headed Winged Lion
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large scale stone (stone was readily available).Also unrealistic relief carvings with war themes
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what makes a civilization
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agricultural surplus, social stratification, labor stratification, formal government, rule by power, religion, power, system of record keeping
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what did Nebuchodnezzar do for Babylon
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made great city in Near East
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what is the Ishar gate
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hanging garden. Mardu Ziggurant
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where did persians originate
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Iran
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zoroaster (zarathurastra)
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religios leader who established dualistic religion
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religion of persia
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Ahuramzda- gpd of light. Ahriman- god of darkness
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