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54 Cards in this Set
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Very dry |
Arid |
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Very dry with extremely high daytime temperatures |
Sahara Desert |
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Flows through Egypt |
The Nile River |
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The gradual transition from fertile to less productive land |
Desertification |
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Dependable |
Reliable |
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This fertile area arcs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf |
Fertile Crescent |
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The land Between the rivers |
Alluvial plain |
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Fine particles of soil |
Silt |
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The process of redirecting water to crops using channels and ditches |
Irrigation |
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Covers 250,000 square miles of Southern Saudi Arabia |
Rub al Khali |
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Unrefined oil |
Petroleum |
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A resource that cannot reproduce quickly enough to keep pase with its use |
Nonrenewable |
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Runs East to west just south of the black Sea |
The North Anatolian Fault |
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Fertile places in dry areas where water is found |
Oases |
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Underground tunnels |
Qanats |
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Center of civilization from which ideas and technology spread to other cultures |
Cultural hearth |
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People in this fertile land began to shift from gathering food to growing food |
Agricultural revolution |
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Keep them as a source of animal labor or food |
Domesticate |
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Independent political unit |
City state |
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The earliest known form of writing |
Cuneiform |
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Develop a code of Law known as Hammurubi's code |
King Hammurabi |
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Babylonia's King from 605 to 562 B.C. |
Nebuchadnezzar (nehb buh kuhd NEHZ uhr) |
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Meaning that they worship one god |
Monotheistic |
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A leader or a savior |
Messiah |
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Journey |
Pilgrimage |
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Spread |
Diffusion |
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The spread of Jews around the world |
Diaspora |
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The Roman emperor legalized Christianity in 313 |
Constantine |
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Followers |
Adherents |
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The eastern part of the Roman empire |
Byzantine empire |
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The Turks (Turkey people ) first leader |
Osman |
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Degree of spread |
Extent |
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Leaders |
Sultans |
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Existing religious groups maintained their own practices and communities within the empire |
Religious tolerance |
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Coffin |
Sarcophagus |
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The largest pyramid |
Great Pyramid of Khufu |
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Burial places |
Tombs |
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Another new kingdom pharoh expanded Egypt's empire by conquest |
Ramses II |
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Gods |
Deities |
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Ancient Egyptians invented a paper-like material called |
Papyrus |
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Two important deities were the sun god, _ _ , and the goddess, _ _ _ _ |
Re and Isis |
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By around 3000 BC, a writing system based on pictures had developed |
Hieroglyphics |
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Series of rulers in the same family |
Dynasty |
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Egyptians began to build stone monuments |
Pyramid |
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Egyptians began to call their kings _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
Pharaohs |
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One New Kingdom Pharaoh was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , a female pharaoh |
Hatshepsut |
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A form of energy created using flowing water |
Hydroelectric power |
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Control |
Regulate |
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Construction of a major Dam began and was completed after 10 years |
Aswan High Dam |
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The low-lying land next to rivers formed by sediment deposited by flooding |
Floodplain |
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The heart of it is located in present-day turkey |
Ottoman Empire |
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He made the Ottoman Empire stretch from present-day Hungary in Europe to the Persian Gulf and Red Sea in Asia |
Suleyman I |
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The heart of it is located in present day Turkey |
Ottoman Empire |
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He made the Ottoman Empire stretch from present-day Hungary in Europe to the Persian Gulf and Red Sea in Asia |
Suleyman I |
