Chapter 1 - Pre-history/Ancient Near East Flashcards
Anthropomorphic
Gods with human characteristics
In times of crisis, Sumerians would elect a ______ to lead.
Lugal
Ziggurats
Sumerian temples
Sargon the Great
Akkadian King considered the world’s first empire builder.
The main architect of the Amorite empire
Hammurabi
First Indo-European speaking people who moved into the Ancient Near East
Hittites
Contribution of the Hittites to the Ancient Near East
Introduction of diplomacy in foreign relations.
Phoenicians
Great sailors who transmitted Afro-asian culture throughout the Mediterranean.
Ethical monotheism was pioneered by
Hebrews
Yahweh
God
Anthropologist designate early human cultures by their
Tools
Neolithic revolution
The period of human history when man goes from hunter/gatherer to food-producers
Development of writing first occurred in the
Bronze Age
Paleolithic
Old Stone Age
Sumerians developed a form of writing called
Cuneiform
The people who created the first Mesopotamian civilization were the
Sumerians
First to unify much of Mesopotamia and create a true empire
Akkadians
Replaced the Sumerians and Akkadians as rulers of Mesopotamia
The Amorites under the leadership of Sargon the Great.
Which continent did humans originate on
African
In Babylonian belief, Hammurabi received his laws from
The Sun God Shamash
The modern country of ____ occupies much of the region once known as Mesopotamia
Iraq
The Chaldean King who rebuild Babylonia
Nemchadnezzer
Cyrus the Great created a great _____ empire
Persian
Zoroastrianism was founded by the Persian Prophet
Zoroaster
