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43 Cards in this Set
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When did humans first appear?
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6,000,000 years ago
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When did the Paleolithic (old stone age) age begin?
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3.2 Million Years Ago (m.y.a.)
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Appearance of Homo habilis?
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2.5 m.y.a.
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Appearance of Homo erectus?
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1.4 m.y.a.
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Appearance of Homo sapiens?
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100,000 years ago
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When did the Neolithic (new stone age) age occur?
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8000-5000 BCE
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When was Jericho founded?
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8000 BCE
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When did agriculture appear in the world?
When was Catal Huyuk founded? |
7000 BCE
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When were animals domesticated?
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4000 BCE
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Who discovered the first human, Lucy? Where? What year?
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Donald Johanson. Ethiopia. 1974.
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When did the Sumerians move into mesopotamia?
When was the wheel and bronze tools discovered? When was maize domesticated in Mexico |
4000 BCE
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When did cities first appear in Mesopotamia?
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3500 BCE
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When was Egypt unified under the first dynasty?
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3100 BCE
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When was the Egyptian Old Kingdom?
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3100-2200 BCE
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When was the Akkadian empire formed?
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2300 BCE
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When was the Egyptian Middle Kingdom?
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2100-1650 BCE
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When did Hammurabi reign?
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1792-1750 BCE
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When was the Shang Dynasty?
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1766-1122 BCE
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When did the Hyksos invade Egypt?
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1650 BCE
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When was the Egyptian New Kingdom?
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1550-700 BCE
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When did the Aryans invade the Indus Valley?
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1500 BCE
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When were Confucianism and Daoism formed?
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500 BCE
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When was legalism formed?
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350 BCE
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When was the Olmec civilization?
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1000-300 BCE
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When was the Chavin culture?
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800-400 BCE
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When did Siddhartha Guatama (Buddha) live?
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563-483 BCE
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When did Confucius live?
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551-479 BCE
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When did the Persians conquer Mesopotamia and Egypt?
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525 BCE
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What was a ziggurata?
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A multilayered temple whose height was designed to bring glory to the gods and to its builders.
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What was cuneiform?
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Sumerian system of writing, made with a wedge shaped stylus in wet clay. Used pictographs.
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What was the Epic of Gilgamesh?
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A Sumerian tale, the first epic poem in world literature. Describes Sumerian gods, creation of man, and a Flood story.
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What was Hammurabi's Code?
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Eye for an eye, women treated more harshly than men, nobles could pay a fee, initiated government's responsibility for regulating people
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Who was Menes?
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The first pharoah in 3100 BCE
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What were hieroglyphics written on?
How were they first deciphered. |
Papyrus.
The Rosetta Stone, discovered in 1798 under Napoleonic rule and deciphered in the 1820's by Jean Francois Champollion |
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Who was Queen Hatshepsut?
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Female pharaoh of Egypt, promoted international trade.
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Where were Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
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The Indus River Valley
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What was purdah?
What is sati? |
Public Isolation from non-family members.
The suicide of widows. |
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How did the Aryans invade?
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Throught the Kyber Pass of the Hindu Kush Mountains
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What are the Vedas?
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hymns and chants given to the indigenous people from the Aryans. Included the Rigveda
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What is the procession of the Aryan caste system?
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Brahmins = priests
Warriors Farmers, traders, freemen Serfs Pariahs = Untouchables |
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What were the Upanishads and the Mahabharata and the Ramayana?
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Early teachings and myths of Hinduism
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What is karma?
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The combination of good and evil deeds?
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What is dharma?
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The rules of one's caste
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