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What civilization is shaded in red? |
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What river is the letter B? |
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What river is the letter C? |
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What region is shaded in green? |
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What body of water is number 5? |
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| The Persian (Arabian Gulf) |
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Which civilization was located in the areas shaded in red? |
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What civilization was located in the area shaded in blue? |
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What region is shaded in green above. It was the cradle of civilization. |
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| This means the land between the rivers |
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Mesopotamia
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Sumer in Mesopotamia
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| Due to their harsh environment, the Sumerians had a _________ view of life and the afterlife. |
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| The peoples of Mesopotamia were __________, worshipping many gods. |
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| Building material used in Mesopotamia |
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Government by divine (religious) authority
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| The Sumerians invented a number system based on the number____ |
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| The Sumerians were the first to use this type of transportation |
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| Rich soil left by a flooding river |
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The political organization of Sumer. |
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City States
A city and its surrounding territory
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Cuneiform
First written language
Invented in Sumer in Mesopotamia
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| The earliest written languages were made up of ___________. |
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| A person who was trained to read and write |
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This man was the first Empire builder.
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| This term means male-dominated |
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| This man created the first written code of laws[image] |
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| Hammurabi's code can be described as very: |
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| Egyptian civilization is centered around the _______ River and Delta. |
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| The Nile River flows north and empties into this body of water. |
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| What is the relative location of upper and lower Egypt. |
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Upper Egypt is in the South
Lower Egypt is in the North
The Nile flows from south to north so Upper Egypt is upstream and Lower Egypt is downstream. |
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| The Egyptian gods were anthropromophic, having both human and __________ features. |
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The Egyptian chief god, the god of the sun.
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| The Egyptian god of the underworld |
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| Egyptian pictogram writing |
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| The Pharaoh united Upper and Lower Egypt and established the first Dynasty |
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| The chief adivsor to the Pharaoh |
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What was the purpose of these structures? |
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| They were tombs for the Pharaoh |
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| The practice of perserving the dead in Egypt so their souls could go to the afterlife. |
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| The Great Pyramid of Egypt is found in this city? |
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| The three periods of Egyptian History |
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The Old Kingdom
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| The invasion of this group brought the end of the Middle Kingdom. |
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This was the first woman to be Pharaoh
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This Pharaoh tried to make Egypt only worship one god, Aten.
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This Pharaoh expanded Egypt into Palestine and is throught to be the Pharaoh of the Hebrew Exodus.
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| This woman was the last Pharaoh of Egypt |
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This son of Akhenaten resotred the old religion when he came to power. His is the only tomb ever found intact.
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King Tutankhamen
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The discovery of this artifact allowed for the translation of Hieroglyphics
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| The three languages of the Rosetta Stone |
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Hieroglyphics
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Demotic (heiratic script)
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| The Egyptians developed an accurate _______ calendar. |
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| The practice of mummification gave the Egyptians _____ knowledge. |
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| This group in Asia Minor was the first to smelt iron. |
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| This group from the northern Levant were master ship builders and traders. They sailed all around the southern Mediterranean trading lumber, glass, and purple dye. |
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| What was the significance of this language? |
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| The Phoenicians invented the first writing based on this. |
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| The Hebrew territory of Palestine was located between the Mediterranean Sea and this body of water. |
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The Dead Sea (and also the River Jordan)
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| This man was the Patriarch, or father of Judaism |
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The holy book of Judaism
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Hebrew
The language of Judaism and the Torah |
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| This man united the tribes of Israel and built the Temple |
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| After King Solomon died the kingdom of Israel |
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| Divided into North and South |
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| This Babylonian king conquered the Kingdom of Judah |
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| The scattering of the Jewish people from their homeland |
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| The Jews believed that they had a ________ or agreement with God to be his chosen people. |
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| The man was the leader of the Hebrew exodus from Egypt and was also seen as the law giver. |
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| These men attempted to correct the behavior of the Jews during their captivity. |
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This structure is the remains of the Great Temple of Jerusalem |
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| The Western (Wailing) Wall |
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This group used iron technology to terrorize the subjugate the peoples of Mesopotamia and Egypt
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| The Assyrians developed a courier system to help improve __________ within their empire. |
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| The Assyrian king Ashurbanipal established a great _______ at his capital city of Ninevah. Much of our knowledge of this region comes from this archaeological find. |
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| This wonder of the ancient world was constructed by king Nebuchadnezzar |
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| The Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
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| This Persian King freed the Jews from the Babylonian captivity. |
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| The Persian Emperor built the _________ to improve transportation and communication. |
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| Great road system of the Persian Empire. |
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| The Persians devoped an __________ __________ to help administer their vast empire. |
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| The Persian Emperor Darius divided the Persian Empire into territories called _____________ each ruled by a Satrapl |
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The elite fighers of the Persian Empire
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| A large territory under the control of a single leader. |
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The religion of the ancient Persian Empire.
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| The god of Zoroastrianism |
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| The religious text of Zoroastrianism |
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| Zoroastrianism teaches that people have ________ _____ and that there will be an ultimate battle between good and evil. |
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