1st Exam (Chapter 1) Flashcards
The first Stage of Human Culture… Marked by simple social organization, the discovery of fire, and basic techniques for hunting and gathering.
Paleolithic ( or stone age)
A word meaning “all the Gods”
Pantheon
The Sumerian writing system, consisting of wedge marks pressed into damp clay
Cuneiform
The Egyptian burial tomb of great size and scale
Pyramid
The first stage of human culture dates back before______ years BCE
1 million
Refers to the second stage of human life, characterized by planting crops instead of traveling.
Neolithic
Domestication of animals began during the ______
New stone age period or Neolithic age
The land between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.
Mesopotamia.
The first civilization to emerge in the Fertile Crescent.
‘Sumer”
The capital of the ruler Hammurabi was
Babylon
Two of the main cities of the babylonian empire were:
Nimrud and Ninivah
Invention appearing around 3000 BCE in Sumer
Wheel
First civilization to use the potters wheel
Sumerians
A king who was a direct link between the royal family and the creator sun god.
Son of Ra
Most important part of Egyptian achitechture
Mortuary buildings
Egyptians believed that life continued for the dead as long s the corpse or some _____ survived
Material Possession
Among other things, writings served as a tool of
Control and Power
The ___ was based on the notion of “an eye for an eye”
Code of Hammurabi
Hammurabi believed his authority came from
the gods
16-14000 BCE
16-14k bce
Art made for the rituals of death
Funerary art
The major art form of the Egyptians
Sculpture
Egyptian sculpture typically represents
Kings
Egyptian royal headdress seen in the funerary mask is called an
Nemes
The basic instrument in Mesopotamia and in Egypt was the
Harp
The oldest known story in the world is the epic of
Giglamesh
