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also known as? (2)
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the fertile crescent
the crossroads of the world |
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land routes to 3 continents
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asia, africa, and asia
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people who created the first known civilization in the middle east
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sumerians
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rivers parallel for 1,000 miles
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tigris and euphrates rivers
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city-state government
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land that included the town and the surrounding land controlled by it
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advances of sumerians?
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arches, wheel, cuneiform, system based on 60, sail, etc.
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ziggurats
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the temple. (home of the patron god)
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surviving depended on?
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pleasing the gods
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gods resembled humans:
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anthropomorphic
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theocracy
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ruled by a priest
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polytheism
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one god
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abraham came from the city of?
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Ur
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old babylonians also called:
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amorites
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semetic group:
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spoke a language related to the hebrew or arabic
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they gained control of ____ after the last sumerian dynasty.
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Mesopotamia
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old babylonians based their capital in:
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babylon
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laws; distinguished between major and minor offenses
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hammurabi's code
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Hittites were:
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invaders from asia minor
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they took ___, ___, and ___ from mesopotamia and brought them to asia minor
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cuneiform, government, and religion
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hittites were the first to:
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be iron workers
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assyrians named their civilization after:
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their chief god: Ashur
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semetic people living in mesopotamia had what kind of government?
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highly disciplined army and government
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they prevented revolts by:
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deporting conquered peoples to other areas of the empire
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the semetic people established their capitol in:
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Nineveh
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semetic people built the first:
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library
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medes and chadeans united with people of assyria to:
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take over nineveh and defeat the assyrians
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medes occupied:
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highlands north of mesopotamia
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chaldeans occupied:
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mesopotamia; entire fertile crescent
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man who rebuilt babylon:
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king nebuchadnezzar
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king nebuchadnezzar supposedly bulit:
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the hanging gardens of babylon
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neo-babylonians accomplished? (3)
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astronomy, mathmatics, and astrology
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after the kings death, neo-babylonians empire weakened and fell to the:
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persians
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the persians were:
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a group of indo-european tribes (largest and most powerful)
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ruler who decided to rule the world:
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cyrus
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cyrus's son-in-law who continued the empire:
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darius
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the persian government copied:
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the assyrians
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divided the empire into 20 provinces called:
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satropies
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satrap:
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governor of a satropy
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royal inspectors who were sent to check on the satrap:
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the eyes and ears of the king
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persians built the:
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great royal road
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persians had what kind of religion?
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zoroasterism
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Ahura Mazda
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goddess of goodness, wisdom, and truth
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ahriman
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the evil spirit
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zead avesta
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sacred book of zoroasterians; collections of hymns and poems
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pheonicians lived in:
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city-states along the mediterranean sea
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people known as "carriers of civilization"
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pheonicians
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they created a 22 letter alphabet
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pheonicians
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Lydians:
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traders from asia minor
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lydians introduced the use of:
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coined money; money economy
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hebrews were the first to practice:
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monotheism (one god)
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hebrews left ___ to escape the ___
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canaan, drought and famine
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they were enslaved by whom?
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the egyptians
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they were led out of egypt by:
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moses
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this florished under king david and solomon
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the kingdom of israel
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this happened after solomon died:
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civil war split it into 2: israel in the north, judah in the south
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