Early Civilizaions Flashcards
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| 282916162 | Mesopotamia | First civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers | 0 | |
| 282916163 | Theocracy | Government run by religious leaders | 1 | |
| 282916164 | Hammurabi | Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC) | 2 | |
| 282916165 | Specialization | The development of skills in a specific kind of work | 3 | |
| 282916166 | Polytheism | Belief in multiple gods | 4 | |
| 282916167 | Cuneiform | A system of writing with wedge-shaped symbols, invented by the Sumerians around 3000 B.C. | 5 | |
| 282916168 | Pharoah | A king of ancient Egypt, considered a god as well as a political leader | 6 | |
| 282916169 | City-state | A city and its surrounding lands that act as a government | 7 |