test unit 1 Flashcards

1
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desertification in Egypt

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irrigation canals

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2
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Nile, wind blowing south

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transportation and trade

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3
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dry lands east and west in Egypt

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natural barriers

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4
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desertification>population growth>local cheifs>

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strong leaders

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5
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pharoahs instead of kings and queens, strong central government,

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The Old Kingdom (2660-2160 BCE)

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6
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theocrats

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from Memphis: king and queens rules as (theocrats) rulers holding religious and political power

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7
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THE OLD KINGDOM: noble class stronger=

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pharoah power weakened+drought+famine

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8
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Mentuhotep II reunited ________

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THE MIDDLE KINGDOM OF EGYPT (2049-1768 BCE)

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9
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middle kingdom capital moved to:

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THEBES BABY!!!!

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10
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many temples were built to gods in which kingdom in Egypt??????

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MIDDLE KINGDOM

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11
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how did middle kingdom end

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invasion of by HYKSOS in Syria

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12
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Egyptians defeated Hyksos and made this Egyptian kingdom

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THE NEW KINGDOM OMG!!! (1570-1070 BCE)

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13
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in 1350 BCE 1. ______ tried to change Egypts religion worship to sun god : 2. ____

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  1. Akhenaton

2. Aten

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14
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after Akhenatons death, _____’s old religion was restored

A

egypt:)

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15
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which Egyptian pharoah built the most temples and statues

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RAMSES THE GREAT

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16
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Ramses the Great ruled for __ years

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67

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17
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new kingdom of egypt was target because

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expanded kingdom

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18
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Egypt declined after ____ death

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Ramses the Great

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19
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made Egypt ideal for agriculture

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delta of Nile

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20
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Egyptian women had more rights. _____ and ______ became pharoahs

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hatshepsut and cleopatra

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21
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Egyptian relion

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POLYTHEISTIC

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22
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egyptians believed in a_______e

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afterlife

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23
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mummification

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removing internal organs, dry body with salts, pack insides, wrap body with wrap

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24
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hieroglyphics

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Egyptian picture drawings

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homo sapiens came from____ and went to ______ past
Africa. ; south america
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paleolithic developments with FIRE
1. cooking 2. warmth 3. protection 4. light
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paleolithic developmwnts domesticated animals
1. dog 2. cow 3. pig 4. horses
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paleolithic women invented f______
farming
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migration reasons:
1. no food/ drought 2. war 3. better hunting 4. more safety area
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cultural diffusion
spread of culture
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animism
obj/ nature have spiritual powers
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kinship
20 people
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reason agriculture create civilizatiom
not every1 hunt, men became powerful, need to protect surplus food
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metalurgy
know how to use metals to make tools and weapons
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worlds first neolithic city
Catal Huyuk
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copper age
4000 BCE
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bronze age
3000 BCE
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iron age
1500 BCE
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mesopotamia means:
land between two rivers
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3 civilizations that developed from scratch
central america, china, mesopotamia
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oldest civilization in mesopotamia
sumer
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cuneiform
on clay tablets, sumerian
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who could wrote cuneiform
scribes
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sumerian social classes:
-elites, priests, merchants, farmers/laborers... slaves
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ziggurats
mans first monumental architecture
46
votive figures
substitutes in temples
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Gilgamesh epic
oldest written story
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sumer fell:
no natural barriers
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who conquered sumer
sargon the great of akkad
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who ruled babylon
HAMMURABI!!!
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why is hammurabis code so important to W.H
first legal code, influential over future laws
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why were Assyrians important
iron weapons and good army
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lamassu
assyrian art; animal guardian
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verdic religion (north)
HINDUISM
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HEBREW MONOTHEISM (sml group from west
JUDAISM
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who established the old kingdom of egypt
pharoah MENSES
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in 3200 BCE egypt was originally...
2 KINGDOMS UNDER 2 KINGS
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cataracts
water falls
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ka
Only pharoahs and family have it, travels back & forth to afterworld
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ma'at
law and order
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ra
#1 sungod
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rosetta stone
helped read hieroglyphics
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abu simbel
huge desert temple
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amarna era
of akhenaton and nefertiti creating new religion
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cleopatra flirted with
marc anthony, julius caesar
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order of roman egyptian beliefs
1: roman colony 2: roman culture 3: roman mummies
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no understandable writing in
indus river valley
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no gov buildings in
indus river valley
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1st kingdom in china
xia dynasty
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yellow river is in
NW CHINA
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Yangtze river is
CENTRAL CHINA
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china hierarchy:
king, vassals, soldiers, peasants
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Chinese writing
pictographs in oracle bones
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mandate of heaven
dead did or didnt favor current leaders, kings needed legitimacy from them
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chinas traders
middle east, India
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early chinese religion
life controlled by dead, must respect ancestors
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olmec are known as
rubber people bc game!
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where were olmecs
Central America
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olmec language is not
understood today
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olmec social class
1king 2priest 3merchant 4farmers
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decline of olmec
unknown
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hebrews located
middle east
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hebrew religion
judaism
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phonecians located
middle east
85
chavin located
south america
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central america is _____ culture
blood
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olmec _____ class v powerful
shaman