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23 Cards in this Set
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What date did the first ful civilizations emerge in the middle east
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3500 B.C.E.
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Which of the fllowing was not a social change induced by the transition otsedentary agriculture
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Matriarchal Society
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Mesopotamia is the region between what two rivers
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Euphrates and Tigris
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The Sumerian form of writin, cuneiform
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was done on clay tablets with a stylus
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Tightly controlled city-states were typical of the political organization of what region?
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Mesopotamia
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City-state political organizztion tended to be
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regional rather than imperial
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The massice toweres associated with sumerian religious shrines wer called
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Ziggurats
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Beyond the basic elementsof civilization, what di the Sumerians add?
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Clearly-defined governmentand large cities
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Sumerian religion
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Passed on certain basic elements to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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Mesopotamian cities encourages all of the following except
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The establishment of the first libraries
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Despite its many positive contributions, civilization also
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promoted more agressive behavior and warfare
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Sargon 1, Who created the first empire in Mesopotamia was from the semetic city-state o
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Akkad
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in 1800 B.C.E. the babylonians achieved the first
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political unification of all of Mesopotamia
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One of the most important codifications of Mesopotamian law was accomplished during the reign of
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Hammurabi
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In te4rms of the early stages of civilization what was one of the major diferences between Egypt and Mesopotamia?
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Egypt passed dircely from precivilization to regional governments without passing through a city-state phase
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The authority of the pharaohs of Egypt was
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enhanced by their status as living gods
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Which of the following statements is most accurate concerning the Egyptian system of writing
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It was primarily pictographic
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The comparative stability of Egyptian civilization wasin part due to
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The unifying influence of the course of the Nile River
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Most agricultural societies tended to be
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patriarchal
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Both Egyprian and Mesopotamian civilization placed cultural emphasis on
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astronomu and related sciences
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The Kingdom of Kush was located in
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Africa
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The most significant contribution of the early Jewish state to western civilzation was
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the development of a strong monotheistic relgion
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Which of the follwoing was not a heritage of the ancient Middle Eastern civilizations?
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Religions that emphasized tranquility and harmony with nature
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