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AGRICULTURE
TRAITS OF CIV
EGYPTIANS
SUMERIANS
BABYLONIANS
100
The pursuit of food kept this from happening.
What is the formation of civilizations?
100
Job Specialization & example
What is when people focus on doing just one job - blacksmith, miller.
100
What are Hieroglyphs?
What is the Egyptian's writing system?
100
What is Cuneiform?
What is the first known writing system?
100
Chronological order of the control of Mesopotamia
What is the Babylonians came after the Sumerians.
200
This is the reason job specialization occurred.
What are food surpluses?
200
Record Keeping & example
What is the need to record important stories and events - Cuneiform, Heiroglyphics.
200
Scientific advancements and inventions (3)
What are the 365 day/12 month calendar, Geometry, the pyramids, mummification techniques
200
What is Ur's significance & population at its peak?
What is the largest city in its day, holding over 30,000 people.
200
Greatest king of Babylon
Who is Hammurabi?
300
This trait of civilization made trade grow drastically.
Why are advanced cities?
300
Advanced Technology & example
What is new techniques and inventions that made jobs easier - steel plow, sail, wheel
300
Who was King Narmer?
What is the first pharaoh to unify upper and lower Egypt
300
Highest level of status in Sumerian society
Who are priests?
300
Geography of Babylon's location
What is on the Euphrates River in modern day Iraq
400
The emergence of complex institutions was brought about by this Trait of Civilization.
What is the rise of advanced cities?
400
Advanced Cities & example
What is major trade centers with large resident populations - Ur, Omaha
400
What is the Rosetta Stone?
What is the key to deciphering hieroglyphs, it contained hieroglyphs, Greek, and Demotic languages on it.
400
Modern day location of Mesopotamia
What is Iraq?
400
Group that conquered Mesopotamia and founded Babylon
Who are the Amorites?
500
Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and India all have this in common
What is geographic environments where agriculture caused civilizations to form?
500
Complex Institutions & example
What is the need to organize and protect large groups of people - pharaohs, IRS
500
What are the pyramids and what is their purpose?
What is giant stone buildings whose purpose was to provide for the pharaohs in the after world.
500
Oldest known Epic poem
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
500
First codification of written law in history.
What is Hammurabi's Code