Chapter Two

Question 0

Define cuneiform

Answer 0

Using a wedge to compose written wedge shaped characters stone or other materials

Question 1

Define conventions

Answer 1

A large meeting of people who come to a place for several days to talk about their shared work or other interests

Question 2

Define Hieratic scale

Answer 2

The use of different sizes for significant or holy figures and those of the everyday world to indicate importance. The larger the figure the greater importance.
For example the stele of narm-sin

Question 3

Define Nanna

Answer 3

King ur-nammu of the third dynasty of UR built a ziggurat in honor of nanna the moon goddess

Question 4

Define pictographs

Answer 4

A symbol for a word or phrase. Pictographs were used as the earliest known form of writing. examples of been discovered in Egypt and Mesopotamia from before 3000 BC

Question 5

Define Polytheistic

Answer 5

It is the belief in many gods it’s the opposite of monotheism which is the belief in one God. if you believe in polytheism you have a bunch of gods to thank or blame

Question 6

Define phonogram

Answer 6

A unit symbol of sound in a writing system.

Question 7

Define stele

Answer 7

A term that archaeologist use to describe large wooden or stone slabs that were carved with images and information about a particular society

Question 8

Define Tigris and Euphrates river

Answer 8

The Tigris and Euphrates river form a major river system in western Asia. the sources of this river system flow through Syria Iraq and into the Persian golf

Question 9

Define votive

Answer 9

Expressing a religious Vow, wish or desire. performed as an expression to thank God

Question 10

Ziggurat

Answer 10

A rectangular steps tower sometimes surmounted by a temple. Ziggurats are first made in the late third millennium and probably inspired the biblical story of Tower of Babel