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| Each city in Sumerian has a? |
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| Series of rulers from a single family |
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| Belief in more than one god |
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| Sumerians advances were in? |
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| Arches, Columns, Camps, Pyramids |
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| Who was Sargon the Great? |
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| Defeated city-states of Sumer |
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| Nomadic warriors that invaded Mesopotomia |
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| Created the Code of Hammurabi |
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| How many laws were in the Code of Hammurabi? |
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| The arc of land that falls between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea in Southwest Asia is called? |
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| Land also known as Fertile Crescent. Also means "land between the rivers" in Greek |
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| The two rivers that frame the Mesopotomia are the ____ and the ____. |
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| ____ and ____ were environmental problems comon to this region. |
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| One of the first citry states in Mesopotamia was? |
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| A series of rulers from a single family is called a? |
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| The Sumerians developed a system of writing known as? |
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| ____'s code of laws for the Babylonian Empire is his most enuring legacy. |
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| The Nile River is ____ miles long. |
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| Egyptians worship the Nile as a? |
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| The Desert in Egypt does what two things? |
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| Land formed by silt deposits at the mouth of a river |
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| Why were the Pyramids built? |
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| To meet needs after death |
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| How many gods did the Egyptians believe in? |
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| Do Isis believe in life after death? |
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| Egyptians invent ____ to preserve the dead. |
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| Society in Egypt is shaped like a ____? |
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| Writing system where pictures represent ideas |
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| Papyrus reeds are used for? |
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| Moved from Palestine into Egypt |
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| Ruled Egypt as god-kings? |
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| The type of government in which rule is based on religious authority? |
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| Building in which Egyptian rulers were bruied? |
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| Process by which rulers' bodies were preserved? |
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| Used by Egyptians as a writing surface? |
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| The landmass includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh |
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| Worlds tallest mountain ranges separate it from the rest of ____ |
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| Mountains to the ____, desert to the ____, protect Indues valley from invasion. |
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| ____ and ____ rivers from flat fertile plain- the Indo-Gangetic |
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| Seasonal winds are called? |
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| Idus Valley called ____ Civilizatian |
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| Why were cities built on mud brick platforms? |
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| To protect against flood waters |
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| Writing system had ____ symbols |
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| Around 1500 B.C., ____ enter area and become dominant. |
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| Egyptian rulers thought of as a god |
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| Government in which the ruler is considered to be a divine figure. |
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| Resting place for Egyptian kings after death |
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| Process by wich a body is preserved after death |
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| Plant used to make a paper-like material |
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| Wedge-shaped writing developed in Sumer |
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| Time when people began using bronze |
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| Pyramid-shiaped monument, part of a temple in Sumer |
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1.Advanced Cities
2.Advanced Technology
3.Complex Institutions
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| According to most scholars, the development of a complex culture, or ____, requires certain advances. |
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| Ur, a city of some 30,000 people, thrived during the ____ in Sumer. |
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| Such goods appeared in the city's market. Here people engaged in ____ to exchange what they had for what they needed. |
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| At the top of the social class system, monarchs directied the government, which was just one of the ____ that provided organization with the city. |
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| Also of high social rank were the priests who directed activities at the ____, the center of the city. |
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