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16 Cards in this Set
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sumerians in fertile crescent (3)
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mesopotamia, babylon, sumer
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Indo-European people (2)
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-black/caspian sea
-langauge from europe and india |
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conversian of land to farms
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agriculture
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independant states
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fight over land
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city-states wafare (2)
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-warring for 2,000 years
-worked together |
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culture
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sumerians built great culture in 4000-3000 BCE
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continuity (3)
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-their culture is still with us today
-seperate but united -city states answerd 3 questions teh same way |
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continuity: theocracy (2)
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-religion controls government
-priest = top of theocracy |
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continuity: cuneiform (2)
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-right to left
-3,000 BCE |
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traders
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-traded as far as afghanistan
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architech, engineers, craftsmen
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-things were created,even without purpose
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math
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ancient sumerians came up with logrithms
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polytheistic
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mutliple gods
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literature
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rich stories
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art
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sculptures with big eyes and praying
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farmers (domestication of animals)
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dairy products
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