AP World History: Mesopotamia

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a system where the father/eldest male is head of the family; descent is traced thru male line.

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Patriarchy

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First conquerors. organized a coup against the king & took over. Controlled trade & made money.

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Sargon of Akkad

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Very close to the royal elite; intervened with the gods. The temple helped out the community.

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Priests

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Extensive group of states/countries under one supreme authority, formerly an emperor/empress.

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Empire/ territorial state

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a city whose surrounding area form a state; significant political and military presence

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City-State

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Searching for food

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Foraging

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Human societies in some river valleys turned Neolithic farming villages into urban societies.

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Urban Revolution

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The belief in more than one god

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Polytheism

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Epic poem written in 2500 BC; showed how Mesopotamians viewed death, religion, and friendship.

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Epic of Gilgamesh

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very strict laws towards rule breakers; death penalty was a common punishment

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Hammurabi's Code of Law

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Time when humans first domesticated plants & animals; no longer relied on hunting and gathering

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Agricultural Revolution

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a sequence of rulers from the same family

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Dynastic Rule

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archaeological site in Turkey. the size of the settlement shows how many people lived there.

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Catal Hoyuk

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Distinctive stepped pyramids that housed temples and altars to the principal local deity.

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Zigguart

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Saw himself as "king of four quarters"; took Sargons administrative techniques & improved them

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Hammurabi

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The process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use

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Domestication

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The method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture.

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Irrigation

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Advanced Cities, Complex Institutions , Job Specialization, Advanced Technology, Record Keeping

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Characteristics of Civilizations

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A true empire; territorial state; capital at Nineteh, internal unrest caused their downfall.

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Assyrians

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Type of writing used by Sumerians; a scribe used a reed to press symbols onto wet clay.

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Cuneiform

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Bronze was discovered & was used in many weapons. Then iron was discovered and replaced bronze

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Bronze and Iron metallurgy

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The collection of a group of peoples knowledge and combining it so you are more informed.

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Collective learning

Question 23

What is the name of this map?

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Fertile Crescent

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People who worked as peasants in the countryside on land owned by their families

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Free Commoners

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Civilization with first city-states; kings ruling; dynastic rule; warfare; cities were walled.

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Sumer

AP World History: Mesopotamia

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AP World History: Mesopotamia

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