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19 Cards in this Set
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summarion contributions
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wheel
division of circle into 360 degrees hours divided into 60 min ziggurate temples tower of babel |
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sargon 1
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first known empire
akkadian empire capital-akkad persian gulf- northen mesoptamia ppl viewed kings as gods |
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cuneiform
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earliest known form of writing
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poytheism
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beleif in many gods
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amorite accomplishments
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main city-babylon
trade astronomy astrology |
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astronomy
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scientists study stars
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astrology
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using sun moon stars to try and predicte the future
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king hammurabi
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united mesopotamia
hammurabis law code (eye for an eye) |
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epic of gilgamesh
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book length poem
flood.. |
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egypt
nile river |
flows north
communication transportation trade floods every year |
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cataracts
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rapids (waterfalls)
divided egypt blocked some navigation |
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egyptian contributions
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solar calendar, hieroglyphics, geometry, astronomy, used by god to preserve israel, anatomy/meds to treat illness
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rosetta stone
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1800's
key to unlocking heiroglyphics |
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assyrian empire
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borrowed other cultures religons and writing used cunieform
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assyrian
military power |
fierceness cruelty
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assyrian
sargon 2 |
722 b.c.
captures-10 tribes of israel |
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babylonian
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destroy ninevah
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nebuchadnezzar
babylonian |
586-destuctuion of jerusalem
astronomy |
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diaspora
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"scattering"
dispersion of jews |
