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C-st
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1 city + surrounding farmland. 4 c-st in Sumer (c.3000-2000 BC) Sumerians lived mostly in rural part of the c-st. Pol unit
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What was the first civ EVER
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Sumer = first civ ever. (started c. 3000 BC) Southern Mesop. Modern Iraq. 4 c-st in Sumer. Dev 1st wr language
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Fertile Crescent
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a larger area called the fertile crescent, a large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland
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What does the standard show
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(c. 3000 BC- 2000 BC) 1side=peace other side shows war. layers=hier. big person=kings. standard=flag.in c-st. used by ppl in those times.
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Epic
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long poems or stories. records for gov(ruler) tr records, wr stories
ex=poems, Gilgamesh. |
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What are some accomplishments
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Arch: Zigg; music: liar/harp; metal work: jewelery, gold dagger; stone work: cylinder seal, standerd of Ur
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Cuneiform
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Worlds first sys of wr, dev by sumerians, using only lines wedges/triangles as sym to rep words, sounds, or even groups of words
tools- clay tablets+stylus, started as pictographs (c.3300 BC) fully dev in c. 1800 BC |
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Scribe
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only boys could go to Scribe school so only men were scribes high on hier b/c job incl edu c. 3000- 2000 BC. scribes had to memorize all 2000 cuneiform characters
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What was the rel in ancient sumer
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polytheism, the worship of many gods
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Ziggaratt
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a pyramid shaped temple tower in each city- biggest bld for kings+ priests Sumerians = 1st to bld in mesop (c. 3000 - 2000 BC)
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Rural
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countryside- farmland, river, forest/plains farmers live there (c.5000- 2000 BC)
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Urban
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city part of c-st. more ppl, markets, entertainment, restaurants, more bld, temples, harbors by 2000 BC=100,000
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Black hole
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an object so massive and dense that even light cannot escape its gravity
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Quasar
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a very luminous starlike object that generates energy at a high rate; quasars are thought to be the most distant objects in the universe
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Cosmology
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the study of the origin, properties, processes, and evolution of the universe
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phases of a stars life
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nebula, protostar, main sequence, giant/super giant, white dwarf, black dwarf.
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the big bang theory
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the theory the states the universe began with a tremendous explosion 13.7 billion yrs ago
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star color
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red=least hot, yellow=middle, blue=hottest
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irr galaxy
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distorted shape+ don't fit into any other class of gallaxys
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Apparent magnitude
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the brightness of a star as seen from an observer on earth.
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