Chapter 2 - Mesopotamia Flashcards
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Tigris & Euprates
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Rivers surrounding Mesopotamia
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Ur, Uruk, Lagash, Umma
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City-states in Sumer
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Environmental issues
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Flooding, no natural barriers, lack of natural resources
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Ziggurat
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Pyramid temple to worship gods
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Writing system
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Cuneiform - wedges
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Polytheism
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Religion with many gods
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City-states
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Each city and the surrounding land it controls
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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A Sumerian story, much like Noah’s Ark
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Empire
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An empire brings together several peoples, nations, or previously independent states under the control of one ruler
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Sargon
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Sumer’s first leader as an empire
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Babylon
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Capital of Sumer after Amorites took over
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Hammurabi
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Leader of Babylonian Empire, created a code of laws
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Cultural diffusion
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process in which a new idea or a product spreads from one culture to another
