83171157 | Sumerians | dominated southern mesopotamia | 0 | |
83171158 | What elements of mesopotamian culture were the Sumerians responsible for? | irrigation technology, cuneiform, and religious ideas | 1 | |
83171159 | Cuneiform | A system of writing created by the Sumerians | 2 | |
83171160 | Semitic | A language spoken by people across western asia and northern africa | 3 | |
83171161 | Babylon | largest and most important city in Mesopotamia; capital of King Hammurabi | 4 | |
83171162 | Hammurabi | ruler of Babylon; created the Code of Hammurabi (laws) | 5 | |
83171163 | Mesopotamia | "land between the rivers" (Tigris & Euphrates) | 6 | |
83171164 | What traits make up a civilization? | political system, monumental building, advs. in sciences and arts, long distance trade, system for keeping permanent records, culture | 7 | |
83171165 | Neolithic Peridod | A sub period of the Stone Age associated with agricultural revolution | 8 | |
83171166 | Agricultural Revolution | People went from foragers (gatherers & hunters) to food production through domestication of plants and animals * this happened over time* | 9 | |
83171167 | Why did the agricultural revolution occur? | Climte change might have drove people to abandon hunting and gathering | 10 | |
83171168 | Megaliths | large stones constructed for religious practices (ex: stonehenge) | 11 | |
83171169 | Catal Huyuk | early agricultural village, home to craftsman, metallurgy, hunting, and goddess worship | 12 | |
83171170 | Ziggurat | pyramid of steps | 13 | |
83171171 | Ma'at | the divine authorized order of the universe | 14 | |
83875893 | Chavin | the first major urban civilization in south america; depended on llamas to transport goods between regions | 15 | |
83875894 | Memphis | Capital of Old Kingdom Egypt | 16 | |
83875895 | Amon | one of the chief gods of egypt | 17 | |
83875896 | Thebes | Capital of Egypt during the Middle and New Kingdoms | 18 | |
83875897 | Ptah | another of the chief gods of egypt | 19 | |
83875898 | Re | sun god | 20 | |
83875899 | Osiris | ruler of underworld; hacked into pieces by his brother Seth; wife found him and brought him back to life; ruler of underworld | 21 | |
83875900 | Loess | silt deposited by wind and water | 22 | |
83875901 | Oracle Bones | turtle and cattle shells with ensription on them about the Shang dynasty | 23 | |
83875902 | Shang dynasty | earliest known chinese dynasty | 24 | |
83875903 | Zhou | overthrew the Shang dynasty; established the Mandate of Heaven | 25 | |
83875904 | Mandate of Heaven | heavan grants power to the ruler and also can take it away if the ruler fails | 26 | |
83875905 | Meroe | Capital city of the Nubians | 27 | |
83875906 | Cnosses | located on the island of crete; capital city of minoan culture | 28 |
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