chaper 2

Question 1

ziggurat

Answer 1

temple in the form of step pyramid built in the center of a meslopternian city to honor their gods

Question 2

cuneiform

Answer 2

the wedge shaped writing system that developed in surneria, the first writing system in the world

Question 3

epic poems

Answer 3

narrations of the achievement or failures of heroes of peoples nation

Question 4

pharaoh

Answer 4

leaders of religious, political in the kingdom of egypt

Question 5

polytheism

Answer 5

belief in many deities

Question 6

book of the dead

Answer 6

a book that preserved Egyptian ideas about death and the after life

Question 7

hieroglyphs

Answer 7

eyptian letters

Question 8

Indo European Language Family

Answer 8

many languages of indo europe

Question 9

phoenicians

Answer 9

people of the prosperous city states which is now lebanon who spread the letter alphabet

Question 10

yahweh

Answer 10

god of hebrew people, basis for judalism religion

Question 11

zoroastrianism

Answer 11

the religion based on the teachings of zoroaster, who emphasized the individuals responsibility to choose good and evil

Question 12

How does writing shape what we can know about the past, and how did writing develop to meet the needs of cities and states?

Answer 12

Written sources provide a range of info, writing developed to meet the needs of the more complex urban societies, leaders were able to gain power by systems of taxation, and written laws. Laws were elaborated.

Question 13

How did the people of Mesopotamia form the world’s first sates, how did their institution spread?

Answer 13

Mesopotamia is where states first developed, sustained agriculture reliant on irrigation resulted in large pops, a division of labor and growth of cities. Priests and rules invented ways to control and organize socies with writing, armies and tax. and this lead to trade and code of law

Question 14

How did geography, leadership and religion enable the eyptians to build and maintain a cohesive, prosperous society, and how did migration and invasion shape egypts fate.

Answer 14

egptians developed powerful beliefs of life and death with pharaoh and for long the Nile river brought prosperous and secure retile. And new comers adopted eygptian way. The new kingdom expanded and allied with iron using Hitties,then when it collapsed, the Nubian rulers of Kush conquered egypt and the Phoenicians. And this somehow spread the letter alphabet

Question 15

How did the Hebrews create an enduring written religious tradition and what was its significance

Answer 15

Their most important policy was their religious beliefs for judaism, based of worship of single god Yahweh. They wrote down their religious ideas, and laws. These ideas were passed down to other western religions.

Question 16

What were the strengths of and the major differences between the Asyrian and Persian Empires

Answer 16

The assyrians began a rise to power from northern Mesopotamia, creating an empire by brutal military power. Th persians larger empire, based on effective institution government, and allowed their conquerors to follow their original beliefs.