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eastern world
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7th Grade
12/11/2010

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the Phoenicians most important acheivment
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the alphabet
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the worlds first system of writing
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cuneiforn
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a collective villiage or farm where residents own property together
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kibbutz
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the land between rivers
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Mesopotamia
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used iron weapons and chariots to gain control of the Fertile Crescent
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Assyrians
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the river of the Eqypt civlization
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Nile River
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rapids
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cataracts
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the river of Indian civilization
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Indus River
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Indian people
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Harappan
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the river of China civilization
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Huang He
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Chinease people
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Shang 1st Dynasty
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Chinease writing
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calligraphy
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the river of Mesopotamia settlement
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Tigris and Euphrates
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a large arc of rich farmland
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Fertile Crescent
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a long lasting paper like material
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papyrus
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Mesopotamia people
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Sumerians
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consisted of a central city and all the countryside around it
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city state
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the biggest country in southwest asia
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Saudi Arabia
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capital fo Syria
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Damascus
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capital of Turkey
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Ankara
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capital of Qatar
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Doha
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capital of Lebanon
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Beirut
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capital of Israel
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Jarusalem
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capital of Bahrain
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Manama
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capital of Kuwait
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Kuwait City
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capital of Yemen
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Sana'a
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capital of Iran
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Tehran
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Arab term that means holy war
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Jihad
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a hatred or hostility twords Jews
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Anti Semitism
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a Muslim shrine atop the Noble Sanctuary
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The Dome of the Rock
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the worship of many Gods
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polytheism
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Indian writing
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could not translate
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the female pharoh remembered for the monuments built during her reign
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Hatshepsut
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Egyptian writing system
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hieroglyphics
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a triangle shaped area of soil deposited by a river
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delta
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series of rulers from the same family
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dynasty
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Egypt's first pharoh
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Menes
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Pharoh known for monuments built for him
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Khufu
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pharoh who fought the Hittites
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Ramses the Great
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a tall, four sided pillar that is pointed on top
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obelisk
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series of wars
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Mandates
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the spread of culture traits from a region to another
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cultural diffusion
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a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
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Hammurabi's Code
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the story of a legendary Sumerian king
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
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life after death
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afterlife
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the leader of the Fatah, a group dedicated to liberate Palestine by violent revolution
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Arafat
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took over leadership after Nasser died
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Sadat
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Egyptian army coloneol after deposing the king
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Nasser
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