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46 Cards in this Set
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When were the first olympic games?
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776 BC
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When was the Paleolithic age?
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Old stone age, 600,000 BC - 10,000 BC
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What does Paleolithic mean?
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Old Stone
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When was fire discovered?
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500,000 BC
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What is the earliest known date Homeo Sapiens existed?
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250,000 BC
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What does Homeo Sapien mean?
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Thinking man
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What are the only known differences between Homeo Sapiens and Neanderthals?
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Homo Sapiens originated in Eastern Africa and Neanderthals originated in Europe (we think). They began migrating and at some point after they met in SE Europe, Neanderthals went extinct.
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When did the Homeo Sapiens and Neanderthals meet in SE Europe?
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around 100,000 BC
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What is mitochondrial Eve?
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the woman we all desended from.
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Where and when was the last known Neanderthal found?
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Spain, 28,000 years ago.
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What are the 2 main sources of evidence from the past?
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Writing and artifacts.
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When did the Neolithic Age start?
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7000 BC
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What does Neolithic mean?
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New stone
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Where did farming start?
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Egypt, NW India, NE China, Mesopotamia
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Why did people start farming?
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We don't know
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Where was the Garden of Eden?
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Between the Tigris and Euphrates
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What are the 2 main characteristics of the Paleolithic Age?
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People were hunter gatherers (which means they were nomadic) and fire was discovered.
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When did people start to farm?
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Neolithic Age
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What is the Sumarian language related to?
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No other language
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What chain reaction did farming start?
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more food, so life expectancy goes up, so population goes up and now a need for political authority.
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What does Mesopotamia mean?
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land between 2 rivers.
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What difference is there between the Tigris/Euphrates rivers and the Nile?
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Tigris and Euphrates are more unpredictable.
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Because the Tigris and Euphrates are so unpredictable, what is needed?
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Irrigation--damns keep water out, canals bring it in.
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What happens now that Mesopotamia is developing irrigation?
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More job opportunity, and need for authority figures. Social classes start to appear.
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When was the Agricultural Revolution?
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7000 BC
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What happens geographically when population starts to grow?
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The physical city starts to grow, and since every city is growing they eventually collide and start fighting over land.
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What were the cities in southern Mesopotamia that were experiencing small scale war fare after the agricultural revolution?
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Ur, Eridu, Uruk, Umma, Lagash
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When was the Bronze Age?
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3000 BC - 1000 BC
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What happened during the Bronze Age?
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Tool now being made out of bronze. The Wheel was invented.
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What did the Sumarians perfect during the Bronze Age?
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writing in the form of cuniform.
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Who was Sargon?
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Akkadian King who was the first king to create a multi-ethnic empire
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Who was the first person (that we know of) to conqur Sumeria? and when/how long was his rule?
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Sargon; 2340 BC - 2290 BC
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What is the difference between our government and a government similar to Sargon's?
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Our government for the most part could insulate us from our president's day to day weaknesses. For example, if Obama is sick, business goes about as usual.
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What is a reoccuring characteristic of Dynastys?
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They get weaker over time.
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Why did the Akkadian Empire fall apart?
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Sargon's Dynasty got weaker after a couple generations.
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When did Hammurabi of Babylon live?
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1792-1750 BC
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What is Hammurabi best known for?
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He produced a systematic law code.
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Explain what happened with the Indo-Europeans about 4000 years ago.
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A migration took place, some went NE, SE, SW and eventually became all modern European civilizations
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Where did Abraham live before migrating to Israel?
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Ur
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Who was Gilgamesh?
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King of one of the Sumarian cities - of whom an epic was written.
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What are the differences between the stories of Noah and Ut-Napishtim?
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Noah-God wiped out civilization because it was evil and corrupted.
Ut-Napishtim-Enlil who is a chief Sumerian god couldn't sleep because of the noise earth was making, and sooo killed em. |
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What are the similarities between the stories of Noah and Ut-Napishtim?
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Noah and Ut-Napishtim both built an ark and brought their families and 2 of every animal to survive the flood sent by a supernatural being to kill off civilization.
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What does the story of Ut-Napishtim say about the gods in polytheistic religions?
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They need sleep, therefore most likely need food. They get annoyed and therefore most likely feel other emotions. They don't foresee consequences. They are not all powerful as the monotheistic God is.
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Polytheisism was the dominant form of religion until when?
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300 AD. After Christ's death.
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Heritage wise, what do the Greeks and Persians have in common?
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They are both Indo-European.
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When did Persia first run into Greece?
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500 BC
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