This is a study set for chapter 2, beginning in Sumer and ending with the Aryans.
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| 10356913 | Mesopotamia | means "the land between the rivers" | 0 | |
| 10356914 | Sumer | first population center/ civiliazation. Cities emerged 4000 BCE, but between 3200 and 2350 BCE they became city-states. developed cuniform writing. | 1 | |
| 10356915 | City-States | Sumerian: Kush, Nippur, Ur, etc. Had its own government to sponsor wall-building, military advancement, irrigation | 2 | |
| 10356916 | Sargon of Akkad | lived 2370 - 2315 BCE. Lead coup against king of Kush and united Sumer for a time. He seized trade routes and natural resources. His policies weakened Akkad until the empire collapsed circa 2000 BCE | 3 | |
| 10356917 | Hammurabi | lived 1792 - 1750 BCE. Centralized the bureaucracy and regulated taxation. Empire's capital was Babylon. | 4 | |
| 10356918 | Lex Talionis | Hammurabi's law code includes this and importance of social status. means "law of retribution" | 5 | |
| 10356919 | Hittites | toppled Hammurabi's empire 1595 BCE. from Anatolia (Asia Minor). made high-quality iron products. *Biblical* | 6 | |
| 10356920 | Neo-Babylonians | new Babylonian Empire. 600-550 BCE. also known as Chaldeans. *Biblical* *Tower of Babel* | 7 | |
| 10356921 | Assyrians | circa 1300 - 612 BCE. had powerful, iron-clad army. had cuniform library. unpopular rule led to mutiny in 612 BCE. *Biblical* | 8 | |
| 10356922 | Assyrian cities | Assur and Ninevah. *Heaven -HAVEIN* | 9 | |
| 10356923 | Nebuchadnezzar | lived 605 - 562 BCE. Rebuilt Babylon, built Hanging Gardens. | 10 | |
| 10356924 | Wheel | developed in Sumer. helped trade because it created easier ways to carry goods. | 11 | |
| 10356925 | Shipbuilding | Chaldean specialty. increased trade by developed trade networks over seas. | 12 | |
| 10356926 | Metalurgy | development of metal tools and goods. | 13 | |
| 10356927 | Social Classes | developed because of wealth differences | 14 | |
| 10356928 | Patriarchal society | male-dominated society | 15 | |
| 10356929 | Cuniform | first style of writing. developed in Sumer. | 16 | |
| 10356930 | Gilgamesh | legendary king, written about in cuniform. | 17 | |
| 10356931 | Polytheism | belief in more than one god | 18 | |
| 10356932 | Monotheism | belief in only one god | 19 | |
| 10356933 | Pastoral | peoples who are this way raise livestock | 20 | |
| 10356934 | Hebrews | early name for Jews/ Israelites. followers of Abraham. monotheistic people. circa 2000 BCE. | 21 | |
| 10356935 | King David | lived 1000 - 970 BCE. Much-loved king of Hebrews. Wrote poetry. | 22 | |
| 10356936 | King Solomon | lived 970 - 930 BCE. Wise king of Hebrews. had MANY wives and concubines. | 23 | |
| 10356937 | Concubine | means "lower wife" and does NOT mean a ***** | 24 | |
| 10356938 | Moses | law-giver of Hebrews. writings of stories become Torah. | 25 | |
| 10356939 | Jews | inhabitants of Judea and deportees from Assyrian-conquered Israel. | 26 | |
| 10356940 | Phoenicians | settled in the area circa 3000 BCE. shipbuilding a major trade. developed early alphabetical script. called "carriers of civilization" and colonized the Mediterranean | 27 | |
| 10356941 | Indo-Europeans | migrated from steppes in central Asia to modern-day Iran and India. pastoral people with horse-drawn carts and (later) chariots. | 28 | |
| 10356942 | Aryans | inhabitants in the area now called Iran and India. | 29 |
