Exam 1 Study Guide Flashcards
When was the Neolithic period?
8,000 BCE
What was the Neolithic period?
The ag revolution
When was the Early Dynastic(Sumerian) Period?
3,000-2,300 BCE
What happened during the Early Dynastic Period?
Language developed
Cities developed
Highly stratified society
Made monumental architecture
When was the Akkadian period?
2300-2100 BCE
What was the Akkadian Period like?
Military emphasis
When was the 3rd Dynasty of Ur(Neo-Sumerians)?
2100-2000 BCE
What was the 3rd Dynasty of Ur like?
First law codes
Sumerian Renaissance
Economic boom
Religious Piety
When was the Babylonia era?
2000-1595 BCE
What was the Babylonian era like?
Strong rulers
Large empire
When was the Assyrian period?
1350-626 BCE
What was the Assyrian era like?
Military emphasis
Return of Akkadian ideals
Strong empire
When was the Neo-Babylonian period?
626-539 BCE
What was the Neo-Babylonian era like?
Reconstruction of Babylon
Displaced other societies
When was the Persian empire?
550-331 BCE
What was the Persian empire like?
Expansion of empire
Conflict in Aegean
Satrapies(states)
International effort for the palace
When was Early Dynastic Egypt?
3000-2650 BCE
What was Early Dynastic Egypt like?
Separated king
Invention of hieroglyphics
Complex royal tombs
Pit graves & mastabas
When was the Old Kingdom?
2650-2100 BCE
What was the Old Kingdom like?
Kings with absolute divinity
Pyramid era
Central Government
Golden age
When was the 1st IP?
2100-2000 BCE
What was the 1st IP like?
break down of central government
competing kings
When was the Middle Kingdom?
2000-1650 BCE
What was the Middle Kingdom like?
Reunification of Egypt
Reuse of Old Kingdom monuments
Growth of army
When was the 2nd IP?
1650-1500 BCE
What was the 2nd IP like?
70 kings in 100 years
Hyksos rule
Introduction of the horse, wheel, etc…
When was the New Kingdom?
1500-1100 BCE
What was the New Kingdom like?
Wealth International interaction Pharaohs Standing army Amarna revolution Ramesside Period
When was the 3rd IP?
1100-700 BCE
What was the 3rd IP like?
Egypt is divided
Kings rule south, priests rule north
When was the Amarna Period?
1390-1350 BCE
What was the Amarna Period like?
Capital moved to Amarna
Cult of Aten
Akhenaten rules
When was the royal cemetery at Ur discovered?
1920 CE
When was Babylon established as the capital?
1894 BCE
When was Babylon sacked by the Hittites?
1595 BCE
When did Alexander the Great take over?
331 BCE
When was the battle of Qadesh?
1274 BCE
Basic plot of the Enuma Elish
Ea defeats Apsu, Marduk defeats Ea, Kingu fails to defeat Marduk, Marduk creates humans out of Kingu
Basic plot of the Atrahasis
Gods are doing labor and fighting about it, gods create humans, humans are too noisy, gods flood humans, but Atrahasis builds a boat and is saved. Humans rebel, refuse to sacrifice. This is the relationship between gods and people
Basic plot of the Epic of Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh is a terrible king, the gods make Enkidu to befriend him, they become friends, piss off Ishtar, she kills Enkidu, Gilgamesh searches for immortality, then accepts his mortality
Basic plot of the Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld
Ishtar goes to the underworld in place of her husband, Dumuzi, returns to find him on her throne, sends him to the underworld
Fertile crescent
Between Tigris and Euphrates
Marshlands
Where the rivers flood
How long is the Nile?
4,000 miles
Cataract
rapid
Kemet
“black land”; fertile soil
Desheret
“red land”; desert
Urban Revolution
Development of city-states
Redistributive Economy
All goods are are brought to the temple and rationed between people at different levels of society
city-state
Independent cities that rule themselves
hierarchal society
leveled society: king/priest priest(ess) bureaucracy craftsmen laborers farmers
irrigation farming
Bring water to crops
seed plow
planting tool for farming; pulled by animals
cuneiform
wedge-shaped writing
hieroglyphics
sacred writing
Hieratic
cursive writing
Law codes
tell people how to live; Ur-Nammu & Hammurabi