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First Civilizations: Africa and Asia

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Used to keep records that lead to the development of ancient Egypt.   Hieroglyphics  
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Sumer was made up of these?   Independent city-states  
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A poem recounting the adventures of a Sumerian hero.   Epic of Gilagamesh  
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The first major collection of laws.   Code of Hammurabi  
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Geographic feature that had the greatest influence on ancient Egypt.   The Nile River  
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Peasant farmers were the biggest population in Egyptian society.   Egyptian Social class  
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Believed in life after death. Viewed their pharaohs as gods.   Egytpian Religion  
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Triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers.   Delta  
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Believed in one God.   Montheistic  
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Governor of a province of a Persian empire.   Satrap  
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The pyramid-shaped temple built by the Sumerians.   Ziggurat  
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Using the stone, Jean Champollion unlocked the meanings of many hieroglyphic symbols.   Rosetta Stone  
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Believed the after life was a grim place from which there was no escape.   Sumerians Religion  
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Who unied the Hebrew tribe into a single nation?   David  
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What is modern day name for Nubia?   Sudan  
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What part of the body do Egyptians think that thought and reason come from?   Heart  
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How did Sumerians view their rulers?   As gods' chief servants.  
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Who developed iron-making?   Hitties  
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