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09/08/2015

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Record keeping
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Cuneiform or "wedge shaped"
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Tigris; Euphrates
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What 2 Rivers are on both sides of Mesopotamia?
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Sumerians
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_____________ was the first civilization in Mesopotamia and home to the famed walled-city of Uruk.
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Theocracy
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When a government gets power from divine or godly authority it is called a
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Ziggurat
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__________ was a Sumerian temple where only priest were allowed to climb its huge staircases.
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Akkadians
Definition
Who were the 1st empire in the world?
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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This Sumerian story talks about friendship and immortality and is considered the 1st great work of literature?
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Polytheism
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When a person or society worships many gods it is called?
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Hieratic
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script is a simplified version of hieroglyphics used by most Egyptians.
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Horse Drawn Chariots
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The Egyptians were eventually invaded by the Hyksos who were able to defeat them with what new technology?
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Mummification
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was needed to make sure the Ka would be able to return and continue life. It also lead to advancements in human anatomy.
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Middle
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During the "Golden Age" or _______ Kingdom of ancient Egypt, the rulers became less like gods and more like shepherds.
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Herodotus
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We know most about the Egyptians, as well as the Greeks, because of the 1st historian named
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Vizier
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In order to run the vast lands that King Mendez united, the Old Kingdom rulers divided the kingdom into 42 provinces, used bureaucracy, and employed a steward of the land, adviser to the ruler, called a
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Very Structured; large lower class; women had rights and respect
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What was life like in ancient Egypt?
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Tutankhamen
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King ____________ (abbreviations is ok here) restored the old gods after his father changed to the worship of one god named Aten.
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Pharoahs
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In the Old Kingdom, _________ was the title for rulers and had god-like power.
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nile
Definition
Without a doubt the most important river to the Egyptians was and still is the
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Phonetic Alphabet
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The Phoenicians are most influential in our lives today because of their development of the ___________ ____________.
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Carthage
Definition
Most famous city for the Phoenicians was the North African colony of
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Jerusalem; Solomon
Definition
The best known ruler of the Israelites due to his wisdom and building a temple in ________________ was King ____________.
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All the above
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What were the difference(s) between most other civilizations' religions and the Israelites'?
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Isreal
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The northern, 10 lost tribes of Israel called the Kingdom of __________ were overrun by the Assyrians and ended up joining other peoples.
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Indo-Europeans
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These are people that speak Greek, Latin, Persian, Sanskrit, or Germanic languages.
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Hittites
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______________ were formed from a group of pastoral nomads that formed an empire in the west and weakened the Egyptians with their use of iron
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Judaism
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The Israelites biggest contribution was their religion of
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Judah
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The southern, 2 tribes called the Kingdom of __________ were captured by the Chaldeans (new-Babylonians), enslaved, and eventually freed by the Persians.
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Royal Road
Definition
Besides dividing the empire into provinces, the Persians developed a way to communicate, trade, food, and shelter by creating the
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Darius
Definition
By the time ________ had come to power, the Persian empire was the largest in the history of the world. He expanding from Thrace to W. India and eventually met with issues against the Greeks.
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Cyrus
Definition
The Great, united the Persians, defeated the new Babylonians, and allowed the Jews to return to Israel was generally accepted by those he conquered due to his wisdom and compassion.
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Assyrians
Definition
The _______________ rose up on the upper Tigris with the use of iron and conquered most of the region by 700 BC.
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Satrapies
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In order to manage such a huge empire, the Persians separated it into 20 ____________ or provinces ruled by a governor with about the same name.
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Chaldeans
Definition
The New Babylonians or ____________ were lead by Nebuchanezzar II until they fell to the Persians.
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very merciful to conquered people
Definition
What is not a characteristic of the Assyrians?
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immortals
Definition
The ____________ are what the military elite that were named so for the fact that when one died, another immediately replaces them. (we will see more of them against the Greeks)
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Alexander
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Though manly issues with taxes, loyalty, and difficulties finding a strong monarch; the final blow to the Persians came from _______________ the Great.
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