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Civilization
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A group of people who have a complex and organized society within a culture
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Irrigation
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A system of transporting water to crops
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City-State
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A city that is an individual unit, complete with its own form of government and traditions.
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Cuneiform
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A form of wedge- shaped writing used in ancient times
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Monotheism
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The worship of only one God
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Polytheism
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The worship of many Gods
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Empire
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A large territory consisting of many different places under the control of a single ruler.
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Ziggurat
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A huge, pyramid-shaped structure consisting of a series of stacked, rectangular platforms.
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Mesopotamia
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- means "The land between the rivers"
- is in between the Tigris River and the Euphrates Rivers in the Fertile Crescent -Because of low rainfall, irrigation systems helped bring water directly from the rivers to their crops as much as they wanted and when they wanted to -Some developments were the system of writing -The impact of inventions was great. AFter they invented the wheel, the Mesopotamians made many other tools from this one device such as the carriage -In the Sumerian civilization, they practiced polytheism, believed that Gods chose kings to carry out their orders- this is called divine kinghsip - They also used a class system. First were the kings, then the wealthy businesspeople, landowners, and overnment workers; the final three positions are in order are artisans and farm workers and lastly the slaves - Tools? |
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Hammurabi
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- was the ruler of Babylon
-said his reasoning for making the Code of Hammurabi was "To render good to the people, to make justice shine in the land, to destroy the evil and wicked, that the strong do not oppress the weak" |
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Assyrian and Babylonian Cultures
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- The major difference betweeen the two cultures is that Assyrians valued war and conquest while the Babylonians valued education most
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Ashurbanipal and Nebuchadnezzar II
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- Similarities are that both valued education and both had strong empires
- Differences are that Nebuchadnezzar II controlled the former Assyrian Empire and the Babylonian Dessert while Ashurbanipal was good in all subjects- literature, math, history, and astronomy. |
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Judaism
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- Key principle was that they celebrate Jewish holidays and worship in synagouges. They read from the Torah and learn the Hebrew language from rabbis which means "master" or "teacher" in Hebrew.
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