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- Def: "old stone"- Had a nomadic life, were hunters and gatherers, "They were at the mercy of their environment", - Religion: Animism - everything has a spirit...which is why there were burial sites and small idols
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Paleolithic Human
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- Def: "new stone"- People start to farm and settle down- Start of civilization
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Neolithic Revolution
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- Land between the rivers
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Mesopotamia
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- Between the Tigris and the Euphrates- Rivers give life, dark rich soil for irrigation
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Sumer's geography
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- Individual city-states, ran by warlords, social hierarchy in ancient Sumer
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Sumer's government
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- Created the world's first empire- Very harsh, forced people to take Sumerian values
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Sargon (2300 B.C.E.)
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- Polytheistic - Ziggurat was the temple- Writing was in cuneiform
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Religion and learning in Sumer
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- The oldest story we have- Takes place in Uruk
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
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- Babylon's ruler lead an army to take over Mesopa- Created the oldest law code that we have, the law code had foundations of justice, and no equal treatment for all
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Hammurabi
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- Polytheistic/ they take on many of the Sumerian gods- Marduk - "God of all gods"
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Religion in Babylon
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- Was located in modern-day Turkey- Rich in natural minerals - First to use iron
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Hittites (14th Century B.C.E.)
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- Takes on the technology of iron and uses it to conquer the world
What ancient nation/empire is this? |
Assyrians
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- Greatest, most violent king of the Assyrians- Created the world's first library
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Assurbanipal
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- "The Gift of the Nile"- Country in North Africa, along the Nile river
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Geography in Egypt
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The Egyptian kings built massive structures. These structures had four giant sides. The kings had thousands of slaves and one main engineer to build these structures. What are these structures called?
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Pyramids
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