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Sumerians inventions

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wheel, writing, # system off of 60

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Essay- Babylonians

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2300 bc- 1500 bc, found by Akkadian people, king Hammurabi, crated the Hammurabi code, attacked by Chaldeans and Medes

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Pictograph

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A picture or drawing representing words or ideas

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Persians

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4th most powerful civilization in western Asia

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Civilizations that resided in the Fertile Crescent

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Assyrians, Babylonians, Sumerians, Phoenicians

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The two rivers

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Tigris and Euphrates

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Cuneiform

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A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using clay tablets.

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Euphrates River

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The longest and one of the most historically important rivers in Western Asia

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polythestic religion

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A religion that believes in more than one god

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city-state

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a state with political and economic control over an area

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Assyrians

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Known as a warrior people who ruthlessly conquered neighboring countries. Located on the upper Tigris river

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Anthropologists

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A person who studies physical features, development, and behavior of humans

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archeologist

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A person who studies the material remains of prehistoric and historic civilizations

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Tigris River

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A river in southwestern Asia that flows through the east side of Mesopotamia

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Fossils

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Bones remain ants impressions or traces of plants or animals that have been left behind

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Quiniform

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First way of writing

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Scribes

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A professional writer or someone that writes for a living

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Artifacts

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objects made by humans

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Phoenicians

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located on eastern Mediterranean coast; invented the alphabet. Great trade empire

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Hebrews

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Monotheistic people that lived in Israel. They are Jews

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Babylonians

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A group of people who conquered the Sumerians. They had a very famous king named Hammurabi. Empire formed by invators

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6 characteristics of civilization

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cities, government, religion, social structure, writing, and art

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Mesopotamia

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"land between the rivers"

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Hittites

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People who played an important role in establishing an empire

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Artisans

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skilled workers who make goods by hand

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Monotheistic

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Belief in one God

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