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Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Mesopotamia vocabulary.
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History
6th Grade
11/13/2012

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Phoenicians
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Sailors and traders at the end of the Medditerranean. They thought up the alphabet we use today. They set up colonies in Northern Africa.
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Sumerians
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One of the earliest civilizations in the world. Developed the cuneiform writing system. They further developed the wheel and invented the arch.
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Babylonia
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Babylonians were an ancient people from Asia Minor and Syria that flourished from 1600 BC to 1200 BC.
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Monotheism
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The belief in one God.
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City-State
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A self-governing central city and its surrounding villages.
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Polytheism
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The belief in many gods.
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Judaism
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The religion of the Hebrews; first monotheistic relgion
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Torah
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Grouping of five holy books which make up the Hebrew Bible.
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Fertile Crescent
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Fertile arc-shaped area which is located between the Tigris, Euphrates, and Nile river.
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Hammurabi's Code
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One of the earliest surviving set of written laws originated by the Babylonians.
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Ancient Mesopotamia
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A region in and around the Tigris-Euphrates river system where some of the earliest civilizations formed.
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Assyrians
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Lived between Euphrates delta, Persian Gulf, and Arabian Desert. They had an army and invented the battering ram.
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Amorites
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Group of Semites who are called Old Babylonians with King Hammurabi. They built their cities like Sumerians and developed multiplication and division tables.
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Chaldeans
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The Chaldeans defeated the Assyrians. One king of theirs was Nebuchadnezzar. They charted the sun, moon and stars.
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Hittites
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The Hittites came from Northern Iran. They made weapons out of iron and developed the chariot.
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Hebrews
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The Hebrews were a warlike, nomadic people who settled in Canaan and established the Kingdoms of Israel and Judea. They worshiped one God.
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