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| Define archeology and anthropology. |
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archeology: the study of past societies through an analysis through people.
Anthropology: artifacts and human fossils |
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| Where do scientists believe modern nhuman first emerged? |
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| What revolution occured in different parts of the world? |
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| What did the Agricultural Revolution enable? |
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| What agricultural techniques were developed? |
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| animal (goat and sheep) domestication, crop domestication |
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| Where was Mesopotamia located? |
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| Fertile Crescent, modern day Iraq, between the Tigris and Euphrates |
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| Why is it called the Fertile Crescent? |
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| Located between 2 rivers that make growing crops easy |
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| What did people do to regulate crops? |
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| irrigation and drain ditches to regulate water |
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| What key inventions did the Sumerians invent? |
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| wheel, cuneiform writing, math system based on the number 60, calendar |
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| What is the Code of Hammurabi? |
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| The first collection of law that regulated peoples' relations |
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What is the significance of Hammurabi's Code and what were the punishments based on?
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| It provided insight to social conditions, and it was based on social classes |
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| What was the basis of the Phoenicians' prosperity? |
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| What are the Phoenicians' known for today? |
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| Why were the Hebrews important? |
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| Their religion influenced religion today. |
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| What holy texts did the Hewbrews use? |
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| The Hewbrew Bible, modern day Old Testament |
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| Know that the Assyrians... |
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| where the first army to use iron weapons. |
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| What did King Nebuchadnezzar do? |
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| What were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? |
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| Buildings with canals on the top to allow flowers to grow. |
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| What did the Hanging Gardens symbolize? |
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| Nebuchadnezzar had power. |
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| Monotheistic religion. Having a heaven/hell, good/evil. |
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| Who took over the Persian Empire? Using what? |
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| The Greeks, using their navy. |
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| After the Greeks, who conquers Egypt? |
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| Who was the last ruler of Egypt? |
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| What was the Rosetta Stone? |
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| A stone that had the same thing written in different languages. |
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| Why is the Rosetta Stone significant? |
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| It allowed historian to translate hyroglyphics. |
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| Seperation of class based on wealth. It determined a person's occupation and econmic potential, and the position in society. |
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| What holy texts were used in Hinduism? |
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| Vedas. Stories passed down from generation to generation orally. |
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| Hindus believed in the existence of a single force in the universe. a form of ultimate reality, or God. |
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| Define karma, dharma and Moksha. |
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Karma: if good in first life, better in next; bad in first, bug in next.
Dharma: everyone has their duty; father to son, neighbor to neighbor.
Moksha: you have reached Nirvana. |
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| Define the Mandate of Heaven. |
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| God has chosen me to be ruler. |
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| Who developed the Mandate of Heaven? |
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| Define Legalism and Toaism. |
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Legalism: ruled by a strict government with strict laws.
Toaism: harmony, natural spirit, good vs. evil. |
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| Everyone has their own obligations in life. |
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| What dynasty adopted Confucianism as its states philosophy? |
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