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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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Rivers in Asia

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Mesopotamia

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A valley between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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Fertile Crescent

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An arc of land in Mediterranean- Persian Gulf with rich soil

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Silt

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A material made from river deposits

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Sumer

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One of 3 first Mesopotamian cities

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Polytheistic

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Believing in many gods

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Ur and Uruk

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Independent southern Mesopotamia cities

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City states

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Basic units of Sumerian civilization

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Ziggurat

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A prominent temple in the center of towns dedicated to the gods

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Theocracy

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A belief that the gods ruled a coty

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Bronze

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A mental used in tools that corroded less

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Transport

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To move something to another place

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Innovations

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To introduce a new idea

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Cuneiform

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The writing used by early Egyptians

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Scribe

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Men who documented things on clay tablets

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

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A poem showing immortality was only for the gods

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Wagon wheel

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A tool used to help transport things

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Sundial

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A tool used to keep time

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Akkadians

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The people to the North of Sumían city states

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Sargon

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The leader of the Akkadians

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Empire

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A large political area/state under one ruler

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Babylon

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A city state south of Akkad

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Hammurabi

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A king who created a Mesopotamian kingdom with Sumer and Akkad

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Code of Hammurabi

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A strict set of rules and punishments which influenced future laws

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Patriarchal
A male dominated society
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Sumerians
The creators of the first Mesopotamian civilization
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Nile River
An important river in Africa which helped ancient civilizations
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Nile delta
A triangular territory formed by the Nile
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Lower Egypt
The Nile Delta
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Upper Egypt
The area below (on a map) the Nile Delta
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Black land
The dark soil in the Fertile Crescent
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Red land
The sand beyond the Fertile Crescent
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Cataracts
Rapid water
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Sun god
The gods who controlled the sun
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River/land gods
The gods who controlled the river size and land fertility
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Osiris and Isis
The myth where Osiris was resurrected by his wife and other gods
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Identifying
To associate something with another thing
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Menes
The first king to unite Upper and Lower Egypt into a dynasty
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Dynasty
A family of rulers, where the right to rule is passed down in the family
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Pharaoh
A ruler of Egypt
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Absolute power
The unlimited power to rule
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Bureaucracy
An organization with regular procedures and officials
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Vizier
The steward of the land
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Pyramids
Large burial buildings for Pharaohs and Nobles
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Physical body
The Egyptians’ visible obdy
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Ka
The Egyptian name for the spiritual body
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Mummification
The process of drying a corpse to prevent rotting
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Giza
An Egyptian place with many pyramids
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Great Sphinx
A large statue of a lion body with a human head
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Hyksos
People from Western Africa who used chariots to overthrow the middle kingdom
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Horse drawn chariots
War chariots drawn by horses
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Hatshepsut
One of the first female pharaohs, and built a big temple
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Thutmose 3
Hapshepsut’s nephew who occupied Palestine and Syria
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Akhenaten
The pharaoh who introduced the god of the sun disk as the sole god
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Tutankhamen
Replaced the old gods
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Ramses 2
Regained control of Palestine
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Sea peoples
Invaders that came from Egypt’s sea
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Cleopatra 7
A pharaoh who made ties and connections with Rome
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Hieroglyphics
The complex form of writing for civil affairs
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Hieratic script
The less formal writing done on papyrus
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Papyrus
A paper material used for hieratic script
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Pastoral nomads
People who occasionally overran communities, but mostly traveled around
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Domesticated
To train animals to help make clothes and food
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Technology
A thing that makes daily life easier
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Indo Europeans
A group of people who spoke a language derived from a single language
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Hittites
The first indoor Europeans to use irom
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Phoenicians
Palestine occupants who established trade up to Great Britain
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Israelites
People to the south of the Phoenicians
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King Solomon
An Israel king known for his wisdom
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Jerusalem
The capital of Israel
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Judaism
A monotheistic religion worshiping God
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Monotheistic
Believing in one god
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Ten Commandments
Laws given to Moses explaining how to live
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Prophets
People who decided what God wanted
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Assyrians
People who exploited iron to establish an empire
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Library at Nineveh
A library with info about Southwest Asian civilizations
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Nebuchadnezzar
A king who made Babylon the center of his empire
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Persians
Indo Europeans in Irán who were nomadic until united by a family
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Restraint
To show discipline
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Cyrus the Great
A person who created a powerful Persian state from Asia Minor to India
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Darius
Added a new providence in India, and conquered Europe
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Satrapies
The name of the 20 providences Darius divided his empire into
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Satrap
A person who governed each Satrapies
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Sustained
To keep the same
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Royal Road
A way to travel between Satrapies, with an efficient communication system
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Immortals
Persian soldiers, who were immediately replaced after dying
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Monarchy
A place ruled by a king or queen
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Zoroasterism
The Persians monotheistic religion
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Zoraster
A prophet of Zorasterism
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Ahuramadazda
The loving god of Zorasterism
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Ahuramadazda
The loving god of Zorasterism

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