chapter 2 week 1 Flashcards
what does mesopotamia mean
“land between the rivers.”
what civilazation rose between the tigris and euphrates river
sumerian
by what year was the sumerian culture established
3000 BC
why do people think the garden of eden is in mesopotamia
genesis talks about the tigris and euphrates river being the 3rd and 4th rivers to border the garden of eden
In what modern-day country is
the Fertile Crescent?
mostly iraq but also kuwait
consisted of about a dozen independent city-states that had no political unity but possessed a similar culture.
sumer
(belief in many gods) was a natural result of the scattering of the people into separate ethnic groups, with each developing its own religion
Polytheism
the earliest known form of writing.
Using a wedge-shaped stylus, the Sumerians made impressions on tablets of wet clay, which they later baked until hard
cuneiform
The major occupation of the Sumerians
farming
These impressive pyramid-like structures had terraces at different levels along their exterior
ziggurats
Around 2270 BC this ruler came to power in the city-state of Kish;conquered other city-states and established the first known empire
sargon
united kingdom created by sargon which stretched from the Persian Gulf to northern Mesopotamia.
akkadian empire
rose to prominince after sargons death
Ur
what sumerian invention do we use today
the wheel, the division of a circle into 360 degrees, and the division of hours and minutes into sixty units.
established what is now referred to as the “Old Babylonian” Empire.
The Amorites
