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32 Cards in this Set
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Basic religion of the earliest Egyptians?
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Polytheistic
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Zoroastrianism?
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-Boldly rejected polytheism
-Formed basis of Persian bible -1 God (Ahura Mazda) -Christianity and Islam evolved from it |
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Which civilization including Zororaster?
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Persia
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Which civilization wasHammurabi from, and what was important about him?
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-Babylon
-First set of written code of ethics/book of laws |
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"An eye for an eye, _________" ?
Who said it? |
-a tooth for a tooth
-Hammurabi's code |
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What were griots?
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Oral historians in west Africa
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Who built the step pyramids of Saqqara?
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Djoser
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Who built the Great Pyramids of Giza, and during what age of Egypt?
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-Khufu
-Old Egypt |
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Ramses II?
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-New Age of Egypt
-Most powerful pharaoh ever |
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Epic of Gilgamesh-which civilization?
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Sumeria
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What was the Epic of Gilgamesh about?
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It reflected the pessimistic emphasis on human mortality
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Cuneiform- what was it, and what civilization?
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-A system of writing
-Sumeria |
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The Fertile Crescent: what was it?(Also where, and what else was it known as?)
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-The land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers
-Africa -Mesopatamia |
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Ziggurats?
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Form of architecture in Sumeria
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Satraps?
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Persian city-state governors
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Ziggurats were what specifically?
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Temples
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Darius was who, from what civilization?
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-Emperor with policy of tolerance
-Persia |
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Describe the Assyrians.
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They were warriors and conquerors.
(The most feared warriors in history.) -King Assurbanipal Used cruelty and violence to control their conquered peoples. Advanced war technology. |
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Describe the Persians.
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The largest empire of the ancient world- stimulated cultural exchange.
Emperor Darius had a policy of tolerance, quite unlike the Assyrians. -Zoroastrianism -King Cyrus |
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What was important about the Phoenicians?
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They developed the first alphabet, with letters that represented spoken sounds. (PHONICS...?)
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Nubia aka ____
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Kush
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Describe Nubia/Kush.
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-Fighting and trade with Egypt
-Conquested Egypt in 750 BC -Conquered by invading Assyrians a century later -Overrun by Axum in 350 AD |
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Where was Nubia/Kush located?
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On the Nile
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What was significant about the flooding of the Nile?
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Everything was dependent on the Nile.
Flooding destroyed but also irrigated crops. Blessing/curse. |
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Where in Africa was Carthage?
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Northern Africa
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Describe West Africa.
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-Ghana's gold
-Timbuktu -Emperor Mansa Musa -Songhai -Sonni Ali -Askia Muhammad's Muslim dynasty |
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Describe the kingdoms of East Africa.
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Axum:
-King Ezana spread Christianity to Ethiopia -Overran Nubia/Kush -Great Zimbabwe |
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Name all of the African civilizations.
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Sumer
Persia Phoenicia Assyria Aryan Nubia Babylon Axum |
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Bantu?
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-A member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of central and southern Africa.
-A group of over 400 closely related languages spoken in central, east-central, and southern Africa |
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What was important about Zimbabwe?
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Their use of stone
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Where was Sumer located?
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A small strip north of Persian gulf (in 3200 BC)
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What religion was Axum?
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Christian
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