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World History
Chapters 1-4
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History
9th Grade
09/04/2011

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Term
Paleolithic Age
Definition
2.5 million to 8000 B.C
Term
Neolithic Age
Definition
8000 B.C. to 3000 B.C.
Term
Mesopotamia
Definition

“land between the rivers.”

Tigris and Euphrates

Term
Dynasty
Definition
A series of rulers from a single family
Term
cultural diffusion
Definition
a new idea or a product
spreads from one culture to another
Term
Cuneiform
Definition
Sumerians created a system of writing
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Akkad
Definition
a city-state north
of Sumer
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Sargon
Definition
conqueror who defeated the
city-states of Sumer
Term
empire
Definition
several peoples, nations, or
previously independent states under the control of one ruler
Term
Hammurabi
Definition
Created a code of laws
Term
Mesopotamia
Definition

Rivers southeastward to the Persian Gulf

flooded Mesopotamia at least once a
year.

Sumerians arrived in 3300 B.C.

They were the first to create civilizations

 

 

 

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