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name of time period during which early people roamed around in search of food and did not farm |
paleolithic |
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term for people who go from place to place; do not have a permanent home |
nomads |
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term for objects left behind by historical people; archaeologists dig these up to learn about older civilizations |
artifacts |
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In order to create civilization, people had to learn to ___, because this allowed them to stay in one place. |
farm or domesticate animals |
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feature of civilization; term for expensive projects organized by governments which benefit the community as a whole |
public works |
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name of the geographical area between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers |
Mesopotamia (or the fertile crescent) |
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List the 5 Ancient Mesopotamian civilizations in chronological order. |
Sumer Babylon Assyrians Chaldea Persia |
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political arrangement of Sumer, in which each city governed itself |
City-states |
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pictographic alphabet used by various people in Mesopotamia |
Cuneiform |
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name of the first written code of law, which was created in Babylon |
Hammurabi's Code |
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Egyptian pictographic alphabet |
Hieroglyphics |
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Modern historians are able to read hieroglyphics due to the discovery of the ___ ___. |
Rosetta Stone |
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In a ___ social structure, some classes of people have more privileges than other, and the higher classes have fewer members. |
Hierarchical |
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term for an Egyptian monarch who was also considered to be a god |
Pharaoh |
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name of the Egyptian manual for succeeding in the afterlife |
Book of the Dead |
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term for a society in which fathers and husbands are in control |
patriarchal |
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Hebrew holy book, which roughly corresponds to the Christian Old Testament |
Torah |
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term for a type of economy that relies on herding (usually of sheep or goats) |
Pastoral |
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term for a religion in which there is one god and behavior/morals are considered important |
Ethical Monotheism |
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name of the Hebrew code of law, given to Moses on Mt. Sinai by God, according to Hebrew teachings |
Ten Commandments |
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Harappan civilization centered around two main cities, Harappa and ___. |
Mohenjo-Daro |
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Name one way we know that Harappan civilization must have had a strong central government. |
Well-organized city or forts/sewer systems |
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religion which evolved from the religious practices of the Aryans |
Hinduism |
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hierarchical social structure that ruled Vedic society and was reinforced by Hindu teachings |
Caste System |
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term for the Hindu idea that a person’s actions could affect him or her in later lives |
Karma |
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term for a time period during which a particular family is in power |
Dynasty |
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___ ___ are the very oldest examples of Chinese writing, and were used to ask questions of the gods. |
Oracle Bones |
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term for the idea that a ruler was given the right to rule by the gods |
Mandate of Heaven |
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term for Confucian idea that it is important to respect one’s parents |
Filial Piety |
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Daoist symbol for the need for balance between opposing forces |
Yin and Yang |
