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55 Cards in this Set
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What do we call a belief in many gods.
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Polytheism
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Who were the nomadic invaders who conquered Egypt by crossing the desert and ruled from(1640-1570 B.C.
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The Hyksos
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During what time period did the middle kingdom of Egypt exist.
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about 2080-1640 B. C.
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What do we call the major kingdom that was located 600 miles south of the Egyptian city of Thebes
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Nubia (Kush)
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Who was the female war-like ruler of Egypt who helped to run the Hyksos out of Egypt.
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Queen Ahhotep
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This Pharaoh drove the Hyksos completely out of Egypt and across the Sinai Peninsula into Palestine.
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Pharaoh Kamose
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Egypt became more wealthier and more powerful during this time period (1570-1075) What do we call this third period?
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the New Kingdom
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The Pharaohs of the 18th dynasty added a new head gear a war crown battle helmet. What was it callled?
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the blue crown
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What do we call a series of ruler from the same family.
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A dynasty
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This female Pharaoh spent her time encouraging trade rather than war.
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Hatshepsut
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What do we call a people's unigue way of life.
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Culture
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A culture with advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institution, recordkeeping & technology
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Civilization
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A long lasting pattern of organization
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Institution
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Trading goods and services without money
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Barter
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Pyramid-shaped monument; part of a temple in Sumer.
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Ziggurat
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What is the name for the Asia peoples who migrated to many different places.
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Indo-Europeans
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What do we call the dry grasslands.
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Steppes
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What is the name for the group of Indo-European people who occupied the Indus valley.
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Aryans
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What is the name for the group of Indo-European people who occupied Anatolia.
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Hittites
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What is the name for the Indian epic poem that tells the story of a great war that involved cousins.
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Mahabharata
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What is the name of the sacred literature of the Aryans
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the Vedas
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What do we call the large peninsula in modern-day Turkey.
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Anatolia
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The movement of people from one place to another.
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Migration
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Seasonal winds
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Monsoon
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The system of bringing water to fields
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irrigation
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several peoples or nations brought together under one rule.
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empire
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Pattern of rise, fall, and replacement of dynasties
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dynastic cycle
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Animal bone used by ancient Chinese priests to communicate with the gods
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Mandate of Heaven
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Political system in which nobles or lords are granted the use of lands that beong to the king
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Feudalism
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Rapids or waterfall in a river
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Cataract
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The study of the production and distribution of goods and services
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Economics
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Land mass that is a distinct part of a continent.
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Subcontinent
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A government inwhich a ruler is seen as a divine figure.
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Theocracy
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Egyptian god-king
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Pharaoh
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A city and its surrounding areas.
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City-state
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Process by which a body is preserved after death.
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Mummification
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Plant used to make paper like material in Egypt
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Papyrus
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Marshy area at the mouth of a river
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Delta
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A professional record keeper
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Scribe
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Wedge-shaped writing developed in Sumer
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Cuneiform
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Land between the rivers
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Mesopotamia
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Babylonian ruler famous for his code of laws
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Hammurabi
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New ideas spreading from one culture to another
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Cultural Diffusion
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Thick bed of rich mud deposited on the plain as a result of a river's floodin.
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Silt
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Egyptian writing system
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Hieroglyphics
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Good or bad deeds
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Karma
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Wisdom
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Enlightenment
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The belief that the soul is reborn
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Reincarnation
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Founder of Buddhism
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Siddhartha Gautama
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Chaldean King who built the famous hanging gardens
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Nebuchadnezzar
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This king had one of the first and largest libraries of clay tablets.
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King Ashurbanipal
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Famous Chinese philosopher and scholar who taught social order, harmony and good government.
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Confucius
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Chinese belief of respecting ones parents and elders.
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filial piety
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A government in which the ruler has unlimited power.
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Autocracy
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Tolerant King of Persia.
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King Cyrus
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