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independent, self governing community that includes a city and surrounding territory
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city-state
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bartering didn't work because it required a__________ coincidence of WANTS.
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double
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Form of government with God as the one ruler
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Theocracy
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person skilled in a specialized craft.
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artisan/craftsman
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scientific sutdy of material evidence from the past
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archeology
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period of time before people kept written records
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pre-history
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written down in exact ordered form
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codified
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he had the first empire
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Sargon the Great
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the age began when copper was added to stone
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new stone-age
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First set of codified laws such as "an eye for an eye..." called the___________
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Hammurabi's code
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What did a steady source of food allow people to in the New Stone age to do:
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turn to non-farming tasks
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AD means
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AnnoDomini, meaning in the year of our Lord
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to dig up, unearth or move:
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excavate
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an example of a stone age village ca 6,000 BC, located in persent-day Turkey:
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Catal-Huyuk
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What 2 things caused the growth of villages
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herding and farming
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The ________was the earliest river valley civilazation
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Tigris/Euphrates
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The Tigris/Euphrates was called___________which meant land between the rivers. It was also called the _____________because it was shaped like a half moon.
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-Mesopotamia
-fertile crescent |
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The river valley civilization in Egypt was the __________
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Nile River Valley
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The River valley civilization in the NEAR EAST called the OCCIDENT, near present-day Pakistan was the____
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Indus River Valley
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The river valley civ. in China, in the FAR EAST, called the ORIENT, was the _________
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Wang Ho River Valley
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The formation of a class system came about because of the division of
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labor
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God had already given language to people but systems of writing were developed as the need for keeping_______came about
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records
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The__________aka__________civ. developed the wheel and the sail.
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Sumaria aka Mesopotamia
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A__________was a large clay-brick temple with several levels.
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ziggurat
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_________writing was the wedge shaped writing of the Sumerians
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Cuneiform
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Abraham was from the city of ________
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Ur
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The Mesopotamians also developed things in astronomy such as the changing postition of_________and________month _________based on the phases of the_______
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the planets
12 calendar moon |
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The archaelogical discovery found in 1840 became the key to understanding the Mesopotamian Cuneiform writing
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Behistun Rock
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Al of the religions of the Tigris/Euphrates and the Nile River Valley Civs. were______except the Hebrews/Jews who were________
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polytheistic
monotheistic |
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The________is where the mouth of the Nile River is located
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Mediterranean Sea
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________is a family of rulers
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dynesty
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A_________was a ruler/monarch of Egypt.
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Pharoah
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_________________became pharoah when he was____years old.
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King Tutankhamon
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The________, carved in 196 BC, contained inscriptions in three kinds of writing and becaume the key to understanding early Egyption history.
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Rosetta stone
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The______Age was so named because of new material other than stone and copper used in making spears, tools, and other weapons.
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Bronze
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________is the name of the set of laws God gave to Moses.
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Decalogue
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________was the first King of Israel
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Saul
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_______was the second king of Israel
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David
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was the last King of a united Israel
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Solomon
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is the name of the Hebrew religion
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Judaism
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were messengers of God
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prophets
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___official religion of Persian Empire ca 600 BC Around 2000 BC, the ____discovered____and kept it a secret. This allowed them to take control of____routes until about 1200 BC when they were conquered/
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Zoroastrianism
Hittites iron trade |
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SE of Asia Minor (pd Lebanon) on teh e coast of the Med. sea was the coastal land of_________who turned to the sea to make their living becoming sailors, shipbuilders and merchants.
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Phoenicia
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The cities of_____and ________were busy ports and they shipped timber, "purple dyed cloth" so costly it became known as___________
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Tyre
Sidon Royal purple |
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The P were the first to make objects of clear_______
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glass
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The__________were have thought to have reached Britain and southern Africa becuase they spread the ideas of the ancient Middle East as well as their products and alphabet.
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Phoenicians
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The_________used a writing system that had an alphabet
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Phoneicians
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THe________carried theis aplhabet wherever they traded and it spread to Greece.
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Phonecians
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The Greeks added _______to the alphabet and this develpoed into the alphabet on which our own is based.
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vowels
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The_______were known as the "carriers of vic." because they spread ideas and products around the rim of the Med. Sea as they traveled about. They also spread the alphabet around.
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Phonicians
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Thanks to the________-an economic system based on Gold coins began.
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Lydians
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The____________Empire reached its height about 660 BC during the reign of Ashurbanipal and all of the land from Egypt to the Persian Gulf were under their control.
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Assyria
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Cyrus and Darius were both kings of_________
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Persia
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The_________Peninsula is part of Egypt.
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Siani
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About 612 BC, the _________of Babylon joined with the Medes of Persia and overthrew the Assyrians and destroyed the city of Ninevah.
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Chaldeans
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_________was the greatest king of the Chaldeans. King________captured much of the Fertile crescent and also rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city including a beautiful series of terraces planted which became known as the________________________.
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Nebuchadnezzar
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The______united all of the Middle Eastern peoples under rule 547 BC
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Persians
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Famous crossroads for traders, nomadic herders and invading armies is the Peninsula of ______where the eatern end of the Med. sea, Europe and Asia meet
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Asia Minor
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The_____were a group of people of Aryans who settled in the mountains of western Asia Minor. They wanted to gain control of the trade routes. They discovered how to use iron and kept it their secret until the fall of their empire in 1200 BC.
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Hittites
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The ___________were a group of people around 200 BC began to migrate from their homeland somewhere ne of the black sea. They had a distinct language called________which is the ancester of most all languages now spoken in Europe and India
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Aryans
IndoEuropean |
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The__________were the firect masters in the Art of war
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Assyrians
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Sumer was located in what is present-day ______
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Iraq
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The________were found in teh area of________; they are the earliest known copy of the _________________and each one was hand written by a scribe while it was being read alod. Each set is considered sacred. It was the first time a written source for the oral tradition of the Jews had been found.
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Dead Sea scrolls
Kumron tora. 1st 5 books of the old testament |
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In 1868, the black________was foudn and it was the first varied evidence of Biblical accuracy as there were now two sources of the same event. It was later destroyed but the discoverer of the stone had made a rubbing on paper of the writing on the stone.
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Moabite Stone
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Psalm 137 tells about the destruction of King_______Temple when10000 Jews were taken captive by King____________of Babylon
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Solomon's
Nebuchadnezzar |
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Type of punishment used by the Assyrians was_____________
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TRIAL-BY-ORDEAL
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Important archaelogical find in ________were 22000 clay tablets with Cuneiform writing had once made up its Library.
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Assyria
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These were the first invented in Sumer:____,______,_____,AND_____
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wheel
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