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1510 Exam 1
Study Guide 10/3/11
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History
Undergraduate 1
10/03/2011

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Paleolithic
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Stone age, development of stone tools.
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Neolithic
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Last Stone Age, ended with start of metal tools. Rise of farming.
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Hunters/Wanderers
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Hunters: men who hunt and kill animals for food
Wanderers: prepare the food, search for fruit and twigs and other stuff.
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Tigris & Euphrates
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Mesopotamia, soil was best.
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Sumerians
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Uruk period. Year-round agriculture that resulted in staying in location with surplus of food. Divison of labor.
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Ma'at
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Ancient Egyptian concept of truth, balance, order, law, morality, justice. Goddess.
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Ziggurat
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Massive structures built in Mesopotamia
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Polytheism
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Belief in multiple gods.
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Cuneiform
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Earliest form of writing by Sumerians.
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Gilgamesh
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5th king of Uruk. Built legendary walls.
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