World History Chapter 2 Assessment – Flashcards
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Ziggurat
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Sumerian stepped tower
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Patriarchal society
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women have fewer privileges and rights than men
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Cuneiform
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Sumerians invented this type of writing
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Satrapies, satraps
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division of empire into provinces and ruled by satraps
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City-states
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basic units of Sumerian civilization
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Dynasty
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ruling power passed down from one generation to the next
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Monotheism
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belief in one god
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Theocracy
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belief that their city ruled by gods
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Mummification
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preserve the physical body after death, Egyptians used this process
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Vizier
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government official directly responsible to the Pharaoh
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Hieratic
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the script that was used for business transactions and record keeping
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Bureaucracy
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administrative organization with officials and regular procedure
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Four laws of Hammurabi's Code
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Eye for an eye, replaced goods if stolen, house collapse builder put to death, son could be disinherited
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Tigris and Euphrates beneficial and harmful
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beneficial: created fertile land for farming harmful: cause catastrophic damage
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Sun gods and land gods
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these two groups of gods were most important to Egyptians
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The Wheel
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around 3000 BC and it made it easier to transport people and goods for the Mesopotamian economy
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The first Mesopotamian Civilization
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Sumerians created the first civilization and created writing, wheel, potters and contributions in math and geometry
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Assyrians
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good at conquering others because they had effective military leaders, large discipline army, war chariots used for shooting arrows, iron weapons
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Sumerian King
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led armies, supervised building of public works, organized workers for irrigation projects
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Nile was crucial
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it provided drinking water, yearly flooding made agriculture possible, provide transportation
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Persian Empire religion
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Zoroastrianism, monotheistic
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Hittites
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first Indo-Europeans to use iron and it allowed them to create stronger and cheaper weapons and to create empire
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Cradle of civilization
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place where civilization began
