MCA Flashcards by Matthew Archibald

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Fertile lands facing the Mediterranean

A

Fertile crescent

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Land between rivers

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Mesopotamia

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Acted as a little country

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City state

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A family of rulers for generations

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Dynasty

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When an idea goes from one culture to another

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cultural diffusion

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belief in many gods

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polytheism

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empire

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many people under one ruler

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ruler of Babylonia and Hammurabis code writer

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Hammurabi

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triangle of water

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delta

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A king that united upper Egypt

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Narmer

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King god

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Pharaoh

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religion is government

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theocracy

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resting place for pharaohs

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pyramid

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preserving bodies

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mummification

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sacred carvings with pictures

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hieroglyphics

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reeds used as paper

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papyrus

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human made objects

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Artifact

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A peoples unique way of life

A

culture

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the first creatures to walk upright

A

hominid

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old Stone Age 2.5 mill to 8,000 BC

A

Paleolithic age

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New Stone Age 8000-3000 BC

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neolithic age

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ways of applying knowledge to tools

A

technology

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modern humans

A

Homo sapiens

Q

people who left places for plants and water

A

Nomad

People who hunted and gathered for survival

Hunter Gatherer

the beginning of farming

Neolithic revolution

cut down trees and burn them for nutrient soil

Slash and burn farming

taming of animals

domestication

A long pattern of organization in a community

institution

A writing system

cuneiform

People focusing on specific jobs

specialization

Skilled workers who made goods by hand

artisan

an ancient writer

scribe

when people started to use bronze rather than copper / started in 3000BC

Bronze Age

trade

barter

pyramid shaped structure

ziggurat