Chapter 3 World History

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Mesopotamia

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Land Between two rivers. (lies between the Persian Gulf and Asia Minor, in the Fertile Cresent, In present Day Iraq

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Mountains

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Northern Natural border of Mesopotamia consisted of what landform?

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Flat Plain

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Southern Natural boundries of Mesopotamia cosnsisted of what geograpic feature?

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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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Mesopotam9ia is between what two rivers?

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Fertile Cresent

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An arc of Rich farmland from the Persian Gulf and curves along the Mediterranean Southwest into Present day Syria and Palestine

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7000B.C.

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date of the first settlement of Mesopotamia

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Wheat, Barley,

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What crops were Grown in Early Mesopotamia?

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It deposits rich soil (Silt) and fertilizes the land

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What is the importance of the Yearly flooding of the rivers?

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They develop a complex division of labor

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When Meopotamia produces a food surplus how does it effect their culture?

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Sumer

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first Civilization

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Monarchy

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Rule by a king or Queen

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Built levies and dikes

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What did Summerians do as a result of having too much water due to floods?

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City - State

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The city and the land that surrounds it.

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Irrigation ditches and canals

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What did Summerians build to get water when there was too little water?

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They each needed enought land to grow food to feed their growing population

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Why did ancient civilizations fight over farmland?

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4000 -3000 years ago

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When did the first Cities appear

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Jericho

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Ancient city know for its thick walls used for protection

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Pictorgraphs

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Picture symbols

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Divide a circle into 360 degrees, had a year with 12 months. They could compute the area of a rectangle and triangle

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What were some of the math accomplishments of Ancient Sumer

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Hammurabi

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Babylonian King that made a law code, tax system , He was the greatest Babylonian ruler

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Hittites and Assyrians

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Groups known for their use of Iron weapons and chariots

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Code of Hammurabi

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Legal system based on the idea of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 282 laws first written law code

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Chariot

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A wheeled horse drawn cart

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Nebuchadnessar

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Chaldean King that built the hanging gardens of Babylon