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name 3 contributions the egyptians made to our way of life
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1 pyramids 2 accurate calendars 3 empires
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explian the way the egyptians and the sumerians viewed their after life. why were they different
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egyptians say that the more wealthy you are and the higher up in the social order you are the more likely to go to heaven/ the sumerians belived that the after life was a grim place
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name 3 ways the sumerians contributed to our way of life
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1 cuneiform 2 the epic of gilgamesh 3 basic algebra
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what was the main contribution from Hammurabi?
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the code of Hammurabi which stated that if a son strikes his father his hands shall be cut off. if a man put out the eye of another man he shall have his eye put out if a man shall break a mans leg he shall have his leg broken if a man knock out the teeth of his equal his teeth shall be knocked out
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what set apart Judiasm from the rest of the religions of the fertile crescent?
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most other religions were Polytheistic judiasm was monotheism
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what evidence showed that the indus valley civilization had a well organized government?
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this sivilization flourished for more than 1,000 years each city was laid out in a grid pattern houses had modern plumbing
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how did aryan life chance as a result of expansion in india
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they went from nomads to settlers
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list five achievements of the chinese
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shang bronzes writing that included both pictographs and ideographs Mandate of Heaven calligraphy computers
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where is the tigris river located?
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in mesopotamia
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where is the euphrates river located?
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in mesopotamia
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where is the nile river located?
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in egypt
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persian gulf
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arabian peninsula
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egypt
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in north eastern africa
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china
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north eastern asia
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mohenjo-daro
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Mohenjo-Daro was a city located in the south of Modern Pakistan in the Sind Province, on the right bank of the Indus River. It was built between four and five thousand years ago, and lasted until 3,700 BP. It was part of the Harrapan Civilization, and the city had at least 35,000 residents. Mohenjo-Daro means “mound of the dead”. The city was approximately one square mile in size.
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harappa
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located exactly 400 miles from mohenjo-daro based upon the indus river
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