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Mesopotamia
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History
6th Grade
09/28/2011

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timelines
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the are divided into BCE ( Before Common Era) to the left and CE ( Commone Era ) to the right.
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decade
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a ten year period
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century
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a 100 year period
example: 1450 = 15th century
345 + 4th century
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millennium
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a 1,000 year period
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era
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a time period
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Bantu
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lived in Africa and migrated throughout the southern portion of the African continent
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Tigris and Euphrates
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the two rivers in Mesopotamia which flooded and provided rich soil
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Mesopotamia
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where the first civilization began. Meaning - "land between rivers"
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Iraq
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presently located where Mesopotamia existed
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Fertile Crescent
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the area of Mesopotamia was called this due to its rich soil and "half moon" shape
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civilization
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communities that a permanent where people have government, jobs, written language, etc. ( see your notes )
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Ziggurat
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a place of worship for the Sumerians
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Sumerian
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inhabitants of Mesopotamia
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domestication
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adapting wild plants and animals for agricultural use
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Sumer
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the first civilization of Mesopotamia. They were later taken over by Babylonia, Canaan and Assyria.
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hunter-gatherers
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people who moved from place to place ( nomads) looking for food
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scribe
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someone who held a high position in society and recorded information on clay tablet with a "stylus"
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inventions of the Sumerians
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plow, wheel, calendar, irrigations systems, written language, bricks, the arch
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Hammurabi's Code
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Laws written by Hammurabi with the philosophy of punishment that meets the crime...."an eye for and eye, a tooth for a tooth"
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Persian Gulf
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where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers empty into
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Mediterranean Sea
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The sea at the western end of the Fertile Crescent
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Middle East
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The area of the world where Mesopotamia was located ( on the continent of Asia )
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division of labor
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where people are able to hold various jobs in a civilization ( not everyone has to farm due to surplus food )
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3500 BCE
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when the first civilization was developed in Mesopotamia
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agriculture
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farming - necessary for division of labor and the start of a civilization
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polytheistic
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the belief in more than one god ( as the Sumerians believed )
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