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46 Cards in this Set
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Fertile crescent
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A place of rich soils located in the Middle East
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Mesopotamia
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An ancient region in southwestern Asia. Lying between the Tigris and Eurphrates. It means "between two river"
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Sumer
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Mesopotamia's first civilization
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"The Epic of Gilgamesh"
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A mesopotamian narrative poem including the flood story
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Hierarchy
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A system of ranking people by group
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Polytheistic
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Belief in more than one god
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Ziggurat
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A temple dedicated to a Mesopotamian god
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Cuneiform
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A writing language invented by Sumerians. Comes from "cuneus" meaning wedge
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Sargon
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Founder of Akkad (an ancient civilization)
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Hammurabi
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6th king of Babylonia codified "Hammurabi's Code"
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Codify
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To arrange laws in a systematic code
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Civil Law
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A system of law relating to private relationships between a community
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Criminal Law
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A system of law relation to punishment of those who commit crimes
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Nebuchadnezzar
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2nd, ruthless king of Babylon
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Barter Economy
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Exchanging one set of goods or services for another
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Money economy
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good and services are paid with a coin or token
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Zoroaster
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Persian founder of "Zoroastrianism"
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Colony
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Land settled and ruled by people from another land
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Alphabet
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A writing where each symbol represents a different basic sound
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Archaeology
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The study of history through material remains
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Patriarchal
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Male dominated society
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Cataract
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A waterfall
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Delta
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A triangular area of marsh land
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Dynasty
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A line of hereditary rulers of a country
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Pharaohs
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A ruler in ancient Egypt who was considered a god
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Bureaucracy
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A system of government
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Hatshepsut
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Egypt's first female ruler
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Thutmose III
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Hatshepsut's stepson
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Ramses II
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A pharaoh who built many monuments
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Amon-Re
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The sun-god
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Osiris
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A god in a ancient Egyptian myth. Set scatters his body all around Egypt and Isis puts him back together, and he becomes god of the after-life
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Isis
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A goddess who put Osiris back together
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Akhenaton
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A pharaoh who tried to get people to worship Aten
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Hieroglyphics
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An Egyptian writing consisting of symbols/pictures called hieroglyphs
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Deciphering
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figuring out
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Rosetta Stone
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A ancient tablet showing the same passage in three different languages
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Monotheistic
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Belief that there is only one god
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Abraham
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A man considered to be the father of Israelites
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Covenant
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a promise, agreement (such as the one Abraham made to god)
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Moses
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An Israelite who lead many Israelites to safety. God gave him the 10 commandments
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David
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Wise 2nd king of Israel who united teh 12 tribes into one nation
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Solomon
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David's son, followed him as king, got killed in labor riots b/c he raised taxes to build temples
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Sabbath
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A holy day for rest and worship
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Prophet
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A person that is a teacher of the will of God
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Ethics
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Morals
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Diaspora
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A time where the Jewish people spread out
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