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15 Cards in this Set
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Economic Classes
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1. Highest class
2.Middle Class 3. Lower Class 4. Women |
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Highest Class
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Priests
kings landholders |
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Middle Class
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Merchants
field hands workshops, |
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Lower Class
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slaves
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women
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artisans, merchants, farmers
could own land could join priesthood |
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Science and Technology
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invented the wheel and plow
first to use bronze |
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Arithmetic and Geometry
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1. Used to build
2. To plan the irrigation system 3. Survey flooded fields 4. Number system based on 60 (minutes in an hr, seconds in a minute, etc) |
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cuneiform
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Sumerian system of writing
1st map on a clay wall (2300BC) Documentation of astronomy, chemistry, and medical |
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Sargon of Akkad
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--2350BC Sargon defeated the city states of Sumer
-- North of Sumer and adopted some of its culture -- Spread culture past the Fertile Cresent |
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Worlds first empire
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From Mediterranean coast on the West and it spread to present day Iran in the East
Dynasty lasted about 200years |
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Empire
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the joining of many peoples, nations, and cultures under control of one ruler
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Babylonian Empire
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Amorites invaded Mesopotamia and conquered the Sumerians and established their capitol as Babylon
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Hammurabis Reign
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legacy was the code of Hammurabi
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Hammurabis code
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1. Unified the diverse city-states
2. Collected existing laws, rules, and judgements to create the Code of Laws 3. Engraved and placed throughout the empire 4. Applied to everyone but unequal punishments were issued 5. Reassured the governments responsibility for events in the community |
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282 Laws of Hammurabi
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1. Family Relations
2. Business Conduct 3. Community 4. Crime 5. Property issues |
