Chapter 3 Flashcards
Around 2300 BCE, these two herders were at the center of newly formed dynasties in southern Mesopotamia
Amorites and Elamites
Horse driven carriages brought by the pastoral nomadic warriors from the steppes that became the favorite mode of transportation for an urban are we still Craddick for your class and for other men of power in agriculture based societies.
Chariots
This was the foundation of the new balance of power across Afro Eurasia during the second millennium BC E
Control of chariot forces
Legal code created the most famous of the Mesopotamian rulers who rain from 1792 to 1750 BC. He sought to create social order by centralizing state authority and creating a grand legal structure that embodied had ternal justice. The code was quite stratified, dividing society into three classes; Freeman, dependent man, and slaves, each with distinct rights and responsibilities.
Hammurapi,s Code
A chariot warrior group of Anatolia, which spread the east to northern Syria, though they eventually faced weakness in their own homeland. Their hey day was marked by the reign of King Supiliulimua, who preserved their influence on the balance of power in the region between Mesopotamia and the Nile.
Hittites
A western Semitic speaking people whose name means “rulers of foreign lands”; they overthrew the unstable 13th dynasty in Egypt around 1640 BC. They had also mastered the art of the horse chariots, and with those chariots and their superior bronze axes and composite bows, they were able to defeat The pharaohs foot soldiers
Hyksos
Small-scale communities that have little interaction with others. These communities were the norm for people’s living in the Americas and islands are in the Pacific and Agean from 2000 to 1200 BC.
Micro societies
Animal bones used by sharing diviners. Diviners applied intense heat to the shoulder bones of cattle or two turtle shells, which caused them to crack. The diviners would then interpret the cracks as signs from the ancestors regarding Royal plans and actions.
Oracle bones
Groups of people that moved their domesticated animals from place to place to meet the animals demanding grazing requirements. Around 3500 B.C.E., Western Afro Eurasia witness the growth and spread of these communities.
Pastoral nomads
Political form that emerged in the riverain cities of Mesopotamia, which was overwhelmed by the displacement of nomadic peoples. The states were kingdoms organized around charismatic rulers who headed large households; each had a defined physical border.
Territorial state
Nomads who entered settled territories in the second millennium BC E and moved their herds seasonally win resources became scarce.
Transhumant herders
Name that Mesopotamian urbanites called the transhumant herders from the Arabian desert.
Amorites
