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| Name the first four civilizations. |
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| 1) Sumer 2) Babylon 3) Assyria 4)Persia |
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| What is the name of the first know civilization? |
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| Sumer is the first known civilization. |
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| What is the first know civilization period? |
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| What was considered one of Sumer's greatest achievements? |
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1) city-state or 2) warfare or 3) technology |
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The people of the first civilization used writing for record keeping TRUE or FALSE Why? |
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TRUE. They used writing to keep records. They also lept journals of everday life. They also used writing in bussineses and for taxes. |
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| Explain the concept of city state? |
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| A city state is a independent self governing loosely connected city. |
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| Why are the gods of each city important? |
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The gods were there to watch over the city land and prosperity. |
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| Redistrubutive is when preist contorls all economic activity. The farmers bring their produce to the priest to give to the gods. What ever is left is then given out to the people. |
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| Name four other advancemenrs of the people in the first civilization. |
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1) astronomy 2) literature 3) sun baked mud bricks 4) systems of numbers |
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Nebuchadnezzar and Hammarbi were kings of what great civilization. |
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| What is Hammarabi known for? |
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1) code of law 2) tower of Bable |
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| Nebuchadnezzar II is know for what? |
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-hanging gardens -taxes -capture jerusulm |
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What is the name of the temple that people pray to? What was it's purpose? |
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Ziggurat it was a center of all cities show the king / city and devotion to the particular god. |
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| What is the time period for Hammarabi? |
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| What is the time of Nebuchadnezzar? |
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| What is the greatest military empire of Mesopotamia? |
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Name 4 of Assyria's most useful waepons. |
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- composition bow -light horse drawn chariot -iron sword -battering rams -seige towers |
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| Why were the paved roads important? |
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| The paved roads were important because it was an easier and faster way to get military/chariot to battle. |
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Name 4 cultural advancements of the civilization |
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libraries locks postal system roads plumbing arch iron toilets |
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| The most powerful and the largest empire of all times was called.... |
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| Name Persia's two greatest leaders |
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| The first great leader of Persia what the first to think of fighting for? |
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conquer the world total world domination |
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| How did the leaders of the empire Persia treat thier enemy? |
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| They treated them real well. They were kind tolerant, respectful, and allowed religion. |
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| How did he balance power in his empire? |
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| Cyrus the great moved capitals and festivals to include everyone. |
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| This leader set up the comandments for business and the empire. What were they? |
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single currentcy gold and silver coins uniformwieghts and measurements |
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| Explain the two things the great leader did militarily to help logistically. |
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Darius developed a large navy to help suppy and resupply military. developed a horse drawn supply line |
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| What new form of government did the 2nd great leader use and how did he use the law? |
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Satraps Province tax based on wealth and rescourses tax collectors |
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| Explain thier new system of government |
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| divided empire into provices with a governor in each province |
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