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16 Cards in this Set
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Alluvial Plain |
Land formed from silt deposited by a river |
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Irrigation |
The use of connected ditches, canals, dams, and dikes to move water to dry areas |
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Dikes |
walls mad of earth (mud) |
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Government |
the use of making laws and decisions |
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Cuneiform |
wedge-shaped symbols |
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Ziggurat |
a mud-brick temple built by the Sumerians to honor their gods |
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city-state |
a city with its surrounding farmlands and with it own leaders and government |
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monarchy |
a system of government in which a king or queen rules |
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scribe |
one who writes |
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Code of Hammurabi |
set of laws organised by Hammurabi for the people of Babylon to follow |
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Sargon |
Warrior who founded the |
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Hammurabi |
king of the ancient city-state Babylon |
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Phonecians |
people of Phoenicia.(phonics, purple dye) |
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Mesopotamia |
fertile cresent |
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Gilgamesh |
king of the ancient Sumerian city-state Uruk |
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why did other people use the Phoenician alphabet and Lydian coins? |
Phoencian Alphabet- *made it easier to write trade(bills/receipts) *easier to communicate between people of other cultures *easier to learn & that meant traders no longer needed to pay a scribe Lydian Coins-* merchants can st prices for goods/services *Eliminated the need to weigh silver which was heavy & not always pure *made trade more fair by doing away with bartering * this leads to a money economy |
