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24 Cards in this Set
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Mesopotamia means |
land between rivers |
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Sumerian Civilization |
consisted of about a dozen city-states |
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Polytheism is |
belief in many gods |
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Cuneiform is |
the earliest type of writesing |
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Ziggurats are |
temple towers
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Who created the first known empire? |
Sargon |
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What was the name of the first know empire? |
Kish |
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What are some Sumerian Contributions? |
The Wheel, The 360 circle, and the 60 minutes and hours |
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Amorite Civilization was called? |
old babylonian |
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What important thing did Hammurahi do? |
he united the land of mesopotamia |
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What is The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Universal Flood? |
A Babylonian story that is alot like the story of the flood |
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What are some Amorite Accomplishments? |
trade is gold, silver, tin, and textiles, Algebra and Geometry, and contributions to the field of astronomy. |
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What is Astrology? |
the method of interpretating human events by the stars. |
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What did one Greek historian call Egypt? |
gift of the river |
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What are Cataracts? |
rapids |
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Who were the people of egypt descended from? |
Mizraim the son of Ham |
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What did Menes do? |
United the 2 lands of upper and lower Egypt |
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Why year was the old Kingdom around? and what was it called? |
2700-2200 BC, The age of the Pharaohs |
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What did Khufu do? |
Built the great pyramid |
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What time was the Middle Kingdom around? and what was it called? |
2040-1783 BC, The Age of the People |
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What time was the New Kingdom around? and what was it called? |
1570-1075 BC, The Age of the Empire |
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What was important about Hatshepsut? |
She was a woman |
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Thutmose III |
greatest warrior king, `Napolean of Egypt`, Also was the pharaoh who refused to let the people go |
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Who was the last great ruler? |
Rameses II |
