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Terms in this set (125)
second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00
paleolithic to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the
last ice age about 8,500 years BC
latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000
neolithic
BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere)
(archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron
bronze age ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of
bronze tools and weapons
A group of ancient city-states in southern
sumer
Mesopotamia; the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia.
the epic story of the king, Gilgamesh, who searched
gilgamesh for immortality. This is a Sumerian legend and is
believed to be the first story
an ancient wedge-shaped script used in
cuneiform
Mesopotamia and Persia
Is a numeral system the people of Sumer used that
sexagesimal
has a numeral base of 60
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this civilization included Semitic people living north of
Akkadians Sumeria; united city-states of Mesopotamia; first
empire in history; established by Sargon the Great
A city of ancient Sumer in southern Mesopotamia on a
site in present-day southeast Iraq. One of the oldest
Ur cities in Mesopotamia, it was an important center of
Sumerian culture after c. 3000 B.C. and the birthplace
of Abraham.
Amorites the Sumerian civilization fell to this civilization
Groups like the ______ in Anatolia gained control over
Hittites iron weapons and were able to subjugate their less
powerful neighbors.
a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia
Kassites
between 1520 and 1170 BC
we are the people who built great pyramids and were
Egyptians
ruled by monarchs called pharaohs
An ancient city capital of Upper Egypt; site of the
Giza
Great Pyramids
The people who invaded Egypt thus beginning the
second Intermediate period during which the ______ ( a
Hyksos word meaning "foreigner) ruled as pharaohs in Lower
Egypt and exacted tribute from the royal families in
Thebes.
Ra ancient hawk-headed Egyptian sun god
early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and
Akhenaton
replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC)
an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures
Hieroglyphics
were used to represent ideas and sounds
first Greek-speaking people; invaded Minoans;
dominated Greek world 1400 B.C. to 1200 B.C.; sea
Mycenaeans
traders; lived in separate city-states; invovled in Trojan
War against Troy
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Terms in this set (125)
second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00
paleolithic to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the
last ice age about 8,500 years BC
latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000
neolithic
BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere)
(archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron
bronze age ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of
bronze tools and weapons
A group of ancient city-states in southern
sumer
Mesopotamia; the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia.
the epic story of the king, Gilgamesh, who searched
gilgamesh for immortality. This is a Sumerian legend and is
believed to be the first story
an ancient wedge-shaped script used in
cuneiform
Mesopotamia and Persia
Is a numeral system the people of Sumer used that
sexagesimal
has a numeral base of 60
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this civilization included Semitic people living north of
Akkadians Sumeria; united city-states of Mesopotamia; first
empire in history; established by Sargon the Great
A city of ancient Sumer in southern Mesopotamia on a
site in present-day southeast Iraq. One of the oldest
Ur cities in Mesopotamia, it was an important center of
Sumerian culture after c. 3000 B.C. and the birthplace
of Abraham.
Amorites the Sumerian civilization fell to this civilization
Groups like the ______ in Anatolia gained control over
Hittites iron weapons and were able to subjugate their less
powerful neighbors.
a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia
Kassites
between 1520 and 1170 BC
we are the people who built great pyramids and were
Egyptians
ruled by monarchs called pharaohs
An ancient city capital of Upper Egypt; site of the
Giza
Great Pyramids
The people who invaded Egypt thus beginning the
second Intermediate period during which the ______ ( a
Hyksos word meaning "foreigner) ruled as pharaohs in Lower
Egypt and exacted tribute from the royal families in
Thebes.
Ra ancient hawk-headed Egyptian sun god
early ruler of Egypt who rejected the old gods and
Akhenaton
replaced them with sun worship (died in 1358 BC)
an ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures
Hieroglyphics
were used to represent ideas and sounds
first Greek-speaking people; invaded Minoans;
dominated Greek world 1400 B.C. to 1200 B.C.; sea
Mycenaeans
traders; lived in separate city-states; invovled in Trojan
War against Troy
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