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the map labeled with the continets and ocean

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1.Equator – imaginary line that divides the earth
2.Scales – used on maps as a tool for measuring distance
3.Map Key (or legend) – explains the symbols on the map

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1.Mesopotamia – land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

2.nomad – person who regularly moves from place to place in search of food

3.domestication – to tame animals and plants for human use

4.irrigation -  method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops

5.agriculture – growing crops for human use or farming

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Mesopotamia was in the middle of two rivers

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1. fertile soil
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Mesopotamia had a polytheistic belief system, which means that the people believed in multiple gods instead of just one.

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The first wheels were not used for transportation. Evidence indicates they were created to serve as potter's wheels around 3500 B.C. in Mesopotamia—300 years before someone figured out to use them for chariots

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Over time, the need for writing changed and the signs developed into a script we call cuneiform. Over thousands of years,Mesopotamian scribes recorded daily events, trade, astronomy, and literature on clay tablets. Cuneiform was used by people throughout the ancient Near East to write several different languages.

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their writting system was cuneiform. Cuneiform is denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia

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Mesopotamia was ruled by kings. The kings only ruled a single city though, rather than the entire civilization. For example, the city of Babylon was ruled by King Hammurabi.

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1.Hieroglyphics – system of writing made up of thousands of picture symbols developed by the ancient Egyptians

2.Irrigation - method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops

3.Nile River Valley– river that supported the Egyptian civilization

4.Papyrus – reed plant of the Nile Valley; used to make a form of paper

5.Polytheistic- Belief in more than one god

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Southern Egypt's landscape contains low mountains and desert. Northern Egypt has wide valleys near the Nile and desert to the east and west. North of Cairo,the capital, is the sprawling, triangular Nile River Delta.

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1.fertile land

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There were deserts to the east and west of the Nile River, and mountains to the south. This isolated the ancient Egyptians and allowed them to develop a truly distinctive culture. Other natural barriers included the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the east.

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Early on there was 2 kingdoms (upper and lower)
united into one kingdom by 400 B.C. (narmer)
A dynasty was developed
A line of rulers from one family

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Duties of Each Level

The Pharaoh.

Government Officials.

Scribes and Soldiers.

The Middle Class: Craftsmen and Merchants.

Peasants.

Farmers were the most important part of the society because they raised the food that fed ancient Egypt. Pharaoh, or the nobles they worked for, provided them with food and clothing. ...

Slaves.

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this is an invetions of the pyrimid was helpful because this is where the pharoph were burried in a caste

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the invention of a mummy. The Ancient Egyptians believed that when a person died they made a journey to the next world. They believed that in order to live in the next world their body had to be preserved. ... In order to ensure that the body was preserved the Ancient Egyptians began to use a process called mummification to produce their mummies.

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The Egyptian hieroglyphic script was one of the writing systems used by ancient Egyptians to represent their language. Because of their pictorial elegance, Herodotus and other important Greeks believed that Egyptian hieroglyphs were something sacred, so they referred to them as 'holy writing'.

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Egyptian civilization - Government. Government and religion were inseparable in ancient Egypt. The pharaoh was the head of state and the divine representative of the gods on earth.

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1.Ten Commandments – laws given to Moses by God; part of the Torah

2.Prophet – person who claims to be instructed by God to share God’s word

3.Sabbath – weekly day of worship and rest for Jews (Saturday)

4.Moses – a prophet of God who was given the Ten Commandments

5.Torah –first 5 chapters of the Old Testament

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the story of Abraham and moses travels and struggles 

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the story of Abraham and moses travels and struggles 

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1.monotheism
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1.Monsoon – in South Asia, a strong wind that blows one direction in winter and the opposite direction in summer

2.Hinduism – system of religion that grew out of the religion of the Aryans in ancient India

3.Karma – in Hinduism, the good or bad energy a person build up based upon whether he or she lives a good or bad life

4.Buddhism – religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha; taught that the way to find truth was to give up all desires

5.Dharma – in Hinduism, the divine law that requires people to perform the duties of their caste

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South Asia is one of the four early places where human civilization began—similar to Egypt (Nile), China (Yellow), and Iraq (Tigris and Euphrates). Civilization in South Asia began along the Indus River. ... Mountains, rivers, and the massive triangular-shaped peninsula of India.

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Buddhism a reli-gion, founded by the Buddha, that emphasizes physical and spiritual discipline as a means of liberation from the physical world.

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Building on the eternal concept of atman, karma is the belief that a person's actions in life will determine their fate in the next life. With the belief in karma, Hinduism holds firmly to dharma, the moral force that orders the universe.

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san-skrit

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1.Confucianism – system of beliefs introduced by the Chinese thinker Confucius; taught that people needed to have a sense of duty to their family and community in order to bring peace to society

2.Daoism – Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi; taught that people should turn to nature and give up their worldly concerns

3.Huang He River Valley- second longest river in China, formerly called the Yellow River, location of the first Chinese civilization

4.Bureaucracy – a group of appointed officials who are responsible for different areas of government

5.Leagalism-society needs a system of harsh laws and punishments, Strong rulers, founded by Hanfeizi

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China is a mountainous country. Hills, mountains and plateaus cover two-third of the population. More than half of China's counties have mountainous areas. With its vast mountainous regions--high in the west and low in the east

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Early Chinese writing used pictographs, or characters that stand for objects.

Ideographs join two or more pictographs to represent an idea.

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1.Rulers were part of a dynasty

2.Dynasty- line of rulers who belong to the same family

3.Rulers were called emperors

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1.Direct Democracy-Athens government, government by the people, citizens share in running the government, each citizen has 1 vote

2.Socratic Method- a way of teaching that used questions-and-answers to make students to use their reason to see things for themselves

3.Acropolis- a temple built on a hilltop where people would go take refuge when invaders attacked. Also a place to honor local gods

4.Oligarchy - Sparta’s government, small group as control, usually a small wealthy group has control over the larger group of citizens

5.Representative Democracy-USA system of government, where citizens choose a smaller group to make laws and decisions for them

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The Greek population in mainland Greece and the Greek islands is Christian Orthodox per 98%. The religion of rest of the population is Muslims, Catholic and Jewish. Greece and Russia are the only countries to have such a great proportion of Orthodox population.

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The Greek population in mainland Greece and the Greek islands is Christian Orthodox per 98%. The religion of rest of the population is Muslims, Catholic and Jewish. Greece and Russia are the only countries to have such a great proportion of Orthodox population.