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Four River Valley Civilizations

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Southwest Asia, Northeastern Africa, Southern Asia, East Asia

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Southwest Asia (Location, Civilization, 5 Developments)

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Tigris and Euphrates rivers,
Mesopotamia,
writing (cuneiform), organized government, written law code (Hammurabi’s code), systematized religion (Zoroastrianism), astronomy, astrology

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Northeastern Africa (Location, Civilization, 4 main Developments)

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Bank of Nile River, Mediterranean and Red Seas
Egypt
Complex religion of gods, rituals, and governance (Pharaoh)
writing (hieroglyphics)
engineering and building (pyramids)
Mathematics

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Southern Asia (Location, Civilization, 3 Developments)

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Indus and Ganges river, Arabian Sea
India
Urban culture, planned cities (citywide sanitation system)
Metallurgy (gold, copper, bronze, tin)
Measurements (weight, time, length, mass)

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East Asia. (Location, Civilization, 3 Developments)

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Yellow river
China
Writing, commerce, goverment

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What are the 4 civilization

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Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India

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The Babylonians conquered Sumer and established a new empire ( 2300- 1750 BC) 2 achievements

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  • the code of Hammurabi was the first universal written codification of laws in recoded history 1750 BC
  • Babylonian achievements included a centralization government and advancement in algera and geometry.
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The Hittites 2000-1200 BC conquered much of Asia Minor and northern Mesopotamia and major contribution included

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the invention of iron smelting, revolutionized warfare.

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The assyrians created an empire based on

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military superiority, conquest, and terrorism 911-550 Bc

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The Chaldeans established the new babylonian empire under Nebuchadnezzar 605-538 BC They conquered____ and developed__

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Mesopotamia, syria, palestine

developed astrology, astronomy, bureacracy, and achievement such as the hanging garden of babylon

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persia establish an

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international government

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Zoroastrianism was an

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ethical religion based on concepts of good and evil

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persia failed to conquer____

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the greeks, persia was eventually conquered by Alexander the great 334 331 BC

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Mesopotamia was conquired by what 4 empires

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Akkadian, babylonian, assyrian, and persian empire

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Assyria was the first

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powerful military in history

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Code of Hammurabi

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282 laws created and followed, babylon

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Babylon was created from what two empires?

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sumer and Akkad

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Babylon was known for

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architecture, government, and law

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Egypt economy was based on

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floods in the nile river for agriculture

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Persia was the ____ empire

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largest

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Persia controled most of

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mespotamia and egypt

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What was the major religion in Persia?

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Zorastrianism

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monotheism

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believed in 1 god

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invented the first true alphabet

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phoenicians

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responsiable for first coinage of money
lydians
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Mespotamia
1st human civilization, 2 rivers, tigris/euphrates , ziggurat controls taxes, trade, agriculture, farmer, shepered, artisan
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who developed first language?
mesoptamis cuneiform and egypens hieroglyphics
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Greece is a land of
Mountains seperated by deep valleys
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Aegean (sea) two civilizations
Minoan and Mycenean
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Minoans thrived on
extensive commerce
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Mycenean civilization developed heavily on
stregthening cities based on thriving on trade and warfare
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Dorians conquered ___
Peloponnesus and brought dark age
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peloponnesus is a peninsula of
southern greece
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Who dominated greek civilization
Sparta and Athens
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Totalitarian
system of government that is centeralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to state SPARTA
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Militaristic is who?
SPARTA advocating or pursuing an aggressive military policy
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Cosmopolitan city was who? Sparta or Athens
Athens
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Athens became a direct
Democracy
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Who defeated persian invasion?
Athens
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Who won the poloponnesian war?
Sparta
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Who was Alexander the Great?
He conqured persia, asia minor, egypt and spreaded Helleistic culture around the world
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Bureaucracy
replaced the polis (city states) as form of government
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Contribution of greek world
``` founded philosphical schools, base of scientific method, perfected shipbuilding and commerce, establish democracy and system of law, architecture, art, literature, theater ```
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Contribution of Ancient Rome (4)
military technology, formed basics of laws and government, latin language was foundation for many European languages, catholic church grew out of rome
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city-state
political system consisting of an independent city having sovereignty over contiguous territory and serving as a centre and leader of political, economic, and cultural life.
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After Julius cesear died who became emperor?
Agustus became the 1st emperor of the roman empire
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Pax Romana was ___
2 centuries without a major war 27BC-180AD
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Fall of Rome's cause (3)
1. Continuous barbaric invasion 2. Barbarian invasion by the goth, vandals, and huns, devasted Rome 3. The rise of Christianity divided the empire
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Roman contribution to the western world (4)
1. field of law 2. romas revolutionized building construction, engineer, road construction 3. passed on monumental architecture (colosseum, aqueducts) 4. greek tradition in literature, art, sculpture, humanities
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Official roman religion was
christianity AD380
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Mohammed known as the
messenger of gold (Allah) and is in contact with Allah monotheistic faith
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Mohammed conquered most of
arabian penisula under his control
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Islamic land consist of
Mesopotamia, persia, all north africa, sw asia
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Islamic contributions
Hospitals, medical schools, trade, science, art, medicine, technology
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Islam is based on teaching of
Mohammed
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Koran
center for islamic moral and ethical conduct
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Who ruled Muslim empire?
Arab caliphs
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Who conqured Byzantine and persian empire?
Arabs
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Crusades were
religious wars intended to recover holy land from Muslims
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Who invaded eastern muslim empire?
Mongols
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Middle east is the orgin of Judaism, ___, and ____
christianity, lslam
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Feudalism
dominant social system in medieval europe (king, nobles, knights, peasants)
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What helped spread islamic culture?
trade helped expand islamic culture
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two dominate faiths in the world
Christianity and Islam

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