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| more complex societies sharing a set of cultural traits |
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| an increase in population in cities and towns |
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| a small independent state consisting of an urban center and the surrounding agricultural territory |
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| characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line |
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| two rivers on either side of Mesopotamia providing support to the civilization |
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| a Sumerian king who was part god and has the Epic of Gilgamesh written after him |
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a massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mud bricks
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| a code of laws inscribed on a black stone pillar illustrating the principles to be used in legal cases |
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| took over Mesopotamia for a time. was responsible for the creation of many fundamental elements of Mesopotamia like irrigation technology, cuneiform, and religious conceptions |
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| city in Mesopotamia which was the first city to conquer other cities |
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| ruler of Akkad- first to unite many cities under one king and capital |
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| a system of writing in which wedge-shaped symbols represented words or syllables |
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the largest and most important city in Mesopotamia.
Hammurabi from here |
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kingdom in Mesopotamia.
capital was Ashur |
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| a people from central Anatolia who established an empire in Anatolia and Syria in the Late Bronze Age. wealthy from trade in metals and military power based on chariot forces |
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| an empire in Mesopotamia which used force and terror and exploited the wealth and labor of their subjects |
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| neo-assyrians used this: harsh punishments and publicizing their brutality in order to discourage resistance and rebellion |
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| governments would post royal inscriptions of things to boast the king in order for their support for military campaigns |
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| a large collection of writings drawn from ancient literary, religious, and scientific traditions of Mesopotamia |
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| after participating in the destruction of Assyrian power, the monarchs Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezzar tooker over the southern portion of the Assyrian domains. By destroying the First Temple in Jerusalem and deporting part of the population, they initiated the Diaspora of the Jews. |
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| a mix of many different societies and cultures brought together |
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| the age when bronze was the primary metal for tools and weapons |
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| a time of isolation, stagnation, and decline that lasted several centuries for Mesopotamia |
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| the period during which iron was the primary metal for tools and weapons |
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| the Mesopotamians had a negative world view due to the climate (flooding, harsh climate, unpredictable crop weather), religion (gods hated them), terrible bloody wars (Neo-Assyrians) |
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