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33 Cards in this Set
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history
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study of humans in the past
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historian
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people who study and write about the human past
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anthropologist
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study how humans developed and how they are related to one another
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archaeologist
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hunt for evidence buried in the ground where settlements might once have been
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3 stone ages
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paleolithic, mesolithic, neolithic
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tools of stone age
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grids, wire mesh
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fossil
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traces of plants or animals that have been preserved in rock
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artifact
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weapons, tools or other things made by humans.
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nomad
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people who move from place to place
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technology
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tools and methods to help humans perform tasks
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Agricultural Revolution
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advancements in agriculture
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Jericho
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one of the earliest known communities in the Middle East
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Catal Huyuk
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well known Neolithic community in Turkey
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Mesopotamia
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the land between two rivers...between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
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Cuneiform
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writing on clay tablets
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city-state
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independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land.
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irrigation
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way to water crops
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civilization
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complex societies
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river valleys
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valleys near rivers
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ziggurat
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"mountain of god" or "hill of heaven"
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artisans
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skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery
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scribes
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record keepers
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King Hammurabi
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Babylonian King ..known for his collection of laws
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Caravan
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group of traveling merchants
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King Nebuchadnezzar
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led the Chaldean Empire...controlled Mesoptamia from 605 b.c. to 562 b.c.
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astronomer
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people who studied the heavenly bodies, mapped the stars, the planets and the moons.
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Province
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political districts
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Ninevah
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capital of Assyrian Empire
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Iron
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what weapons were made out of
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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a huge staircase of greenery
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Babylon's location
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between the Persian Gulf and the Meditteranean Sea
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Chaldeans
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captured Nineveh from the Assyrian Empire
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Assyrian's contributions
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used iron weapons
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