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Accel. World History Chapter 2 Review
Chapter 2 Ancients Review
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History
10th Grade
09/04/2015

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Mesopotamia
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The land in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers - Where civilization began
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Fertile Crescent
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Egypt to Mesopotamia
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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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The two rivers that formed Mesopotamia
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Sumerians
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The 1st civilization
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Isrealites
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Created Isreal, Introduced monotheism and Judaism
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Ziggurat
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A temple built on a massive stepped tower, center of every Sumerian city
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Thoecracy
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When a government gets power by divine or godly authority
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Cuneiform
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A type of wedge shaped writing invented by the Sumerians
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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Considered 1st. great work of literature, and originally written with cuneiform writing
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Akkadins
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North Sumerian city-state, 1st. empire in history, eventually fall to neighbors
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Sargon
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The leader of the Akkadians
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Hammurabi
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Leader of the Babylonians, fall after his death, invented Code of Hammurabi
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Code of Hammurabi
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A sort of laws with very retributive justice
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Nile River
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Longest river on earth that had huge impact on Egyptian civilization and agriculture
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Upper Egypt
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Southern Egypt, where the source of the Nile is located
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Lower Egypt
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Northern Egypt, where the Nile empties into the Mediterranean
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Surplus
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Growing more food than you need
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Polytheism
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Belief in many gods
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Monotheism
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Belief in one god
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King Menez
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United upper and lower Egypt, created a dynasty
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Assyrians
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Very harsh empire with effective military and communication with mail structure
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Old Kingdom
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An era of time for Egypt lasting from 2700 B.C. to 2200 B.C.
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Pharaoh
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Most common name for rulers - had god-like status with unlimited power
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Bureaucracy
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Admin and process of government - divided kingdom into 42 provinces with governors
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Vizier
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Steward of the land
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Sphinx and Great Pyramids
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Some of the structures built by the old kingdom
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Persian Empire
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A group that was led by Cyrus - and merciful and kind. Persia became one of the greatest empires but fell to internal issues
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Mummification
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Turning a body into a mummy by draining blood, etc. and wrapping
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Herodotus
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1st historian
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Middle Kingdom
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An era of time for Egypt lasting 2055 B.C. to 1650 B.C., a time where Egypt became more advanced. Also known as the Golden Age. Pharaohs started to lose their god-like status.
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New Kingdom
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Proceeds the Middle Kingdom after the invasion of the Hyksos, and then the Egyptians use the Hyksos's strategies to overthrow them, creating the New Kingdom
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Hyksos
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W. Asian people that invaded Egypt, ending the new kingdom. They brought new tech and strategies to Egypt.
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Hatshepsut
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One of the first woman Pharaohs that led during the
New Kingdom
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King Tut
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Son of Akhenaten- restored old gods
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Cleopatra VII
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Tried to regain empire by defeating Romans but was defeated and led to her suicide
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Hieroglyphics
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Form of writing used by Egyptian upper class, priests, and some middle class Hieratic script simplified version used by most others
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Mummification
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What Egyptians did to dead Pharaohs, led to knowledge of human anatomy
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Pastoral Nomads
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People important for creating new empires, dependent on hunting, gathering, herding, and farming
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Hittite Kingdom
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Created an empire in W. Asia and threatened Egyptian power
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Phoenicians
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One of the most important traders, known best for phonetic alphabet
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