Unit1 A Vocab List & Review

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Marked the transition in human history from small, nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers to larger, agricultural settlements and early civilization.

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Neolithic Revolution

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One of the earliest known systems of writing developed by Sumerians in Mesopotamia. It used pictographs and wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets.

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Cuneiform

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Cuneiform writing used pictographs and wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets.

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Earliest known set of laws organized and written down by the Babylonian king Hammurabi of Mesopotamia.

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Hammurabi's Code

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Illustration showing nomadic lifestyle, including travel and temporary settlements.

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A system of picture writing used in Ancient Egypt

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Hieroglyphics

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Belief in many gods

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Polytheism

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An arc of land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf

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Fertile Crescent

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The Fertile Crescent is highlighted as an arc of land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.

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A state with political and economic control of the surrounding countryside

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City-States