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Cards (30)

Section 1

(30 cards)

Plateau

Front

A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level

Back

Plain

Front

a large area of flat land

Back

Secondary source

Front

Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event

Back

Bucks 8 EOC

Front

Cities (bc of surplus), Organized goverment,Complex religion, Job specialization, Social Classes, Writing, Art and archetecture, Public works

Back

Historical Source

Front

writings that provide information about the past

Back

Pliny the younger

Front

The person that wrote about the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius

Back

Pictographs

Front

Pictures that represent words or ideass

Back

Front

A wooden horse created to be a gift for Troy but secretly was made as a sneak attack to kill everybody in troy

Back

Primary source

Front

A document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study.

Back

Responsibilities of Kings and priests

Front

Kings control the city and priests worshiped the gods

Back

Fossils

Front

Preserved remains of once-living organisms

Back

written historial source

Front

Poem, speech, or writing

Back

Sargon

Front

2340 B.C. leader of the Akkadians who overran the Sumerian city-state and set up the first empire

Back

Cuineform

Front

A writing system that was used by the mesoppotamians

Back

Non written historical source

Front

Speech or pottery piece that has historical evidence

Back

Advantages and disadvantages of the Mesopothamian plain

Front

Very hot, little rain, bad soil

Back

2 rivers of Mesopotamia

Front

Tigris and Euphrates

Back

Polythesim

Front

The belief of many gods

Back

Hammarabis code

Front

The first written code of law. Created by Hammurabi, king of Babylon.

Back

Archeology

Front

the study of material evidence of past human life

Back

Thcydides

Front

Thycidides described how hard a historians job is

Back

Artifacts

Front

object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced

Back

civilazation

Front

a group of people with ways of life, religion, and learning

Back

ziggaraut

Front

large stone temples made out of clay bricks

Back

Historia

Front

An inquiry, examination,and systemal, systimatic observation of events

Back

Bulla

Front

Writting language

Back

Mesopotamia

Front

The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. That contained Assyrian, Babylonian, and Akkadian empires.

Back

Prehistory

Front

the period of time before written records

Back

city-state

Front

A city with surrounding populated areas

Back

epic poetry

Front

a long poem about a hero

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