First Quiz- Anciet Flashcards by emerald Trapeni

4 earliest civilizations

Mesopotamia
Egypt
China
Indus River

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Hominid

Human-like creature

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Fertile Crescent

Region of the Middle East for its rich soul and golden wheat field

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Mesopotamia

Within the Fertile Crescent that the ancient Greeks named

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Sumer

First civilization developed here

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Hierarchy

System of rankin people

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Ziggurat

A large, stepped platform topped with a temple

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Cuneiform

Earliest known writing

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The epic of Gilgamesh

Mesopotamia narrative poem

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Sargon

The ruler of Akkad invaded and conquered

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Hammurabi

King of Babylon

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Codify

Arrange and set down for writing

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Civil law

Deals with private rights and matters

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Criminal law

Offenses against others

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Nebuchadnezzar

Second king of Babylon

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Barter economy

Exchanging on set of good or service for another

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Money economy

Goods and services are paid for through the exchange of some token if an agreed value

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Zoroaster

Persian thinker alps helped to untie the empire

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Colony

Territory settled and ruled by people from another land

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Alphabet

Each symbol represents a single basic sound

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Cataract

Waterfall

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Delta

Triangle area of Marshall land formed by the deposits of silt at the mouth of rivers

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Dynasty

The ruling family

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Pharaoh

Egyptian kings

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Bureaucracy

A system of government that includes different job functions and levels of authority

Vizier

Chief minister | Supervisors the business of gov

Hatshepsut

Egypt's first female ruler

Thutmose lll

(Hatshepsut's stepson) took over as pharaoh

Ramses ll

Became pharaoh of the New Kingdom

Amon-Re

Great lord of the gods

Osris

Most Egyptians related more to this god- emotions such as love and jealousy

Akhenaton

Means "he who serves Aton"

Mummification

Preservations of dead bodies by embalming them and wrapping in cloth

Indo- European

Family of languages and cultures that are related from Europe to mid Asia

What does Fertile Crescent mean?

Middle East Iraq Syria Mesopotamia

Polytheism

A belief in many gods

Monotheism

A belief in One god | - starter of Religious wars

Theocracy

Ruled by religion

Cuneiform world was centered around which region?

The Fertile Crescent

Stylus

Implement used to write cuneiform

Pictogram

Picture that represents a word

Ideogram

Represents an idea

Phonics

Sound- based alphabet

Romance languages

French Spanish Italian Portuguese- Latin German Dutch Swedish English- Germanic

Social classes in ancient Sumer

``` Priest-king Royal family Gov/administration Scribes Farmers Labors ```

Center of every Sumerian city?

Temples | Ziggurat (temple of gods)

First known empire?

Akkad | Leader was Sargon

Who controlled Mesopotamia free 200 BCE?

Babylonians

Hammurabis law code?

Tells about their society | 1st written law code

Accomplishments of the Babylonians

First law code | Astronomy and geometry

Most recent ice age

Ends about 10,00 BCE

Pre-history

Before written records

History

After written records

Cultural institution

Things that are found in every culture | Family, gov, education

Impact of the agricultural revolution?

Food surplus Domestic animals Humans aren't nomadic Planting crops

First towns and cities formed?

Iraq Middle East turkey

Three main characteristics of a civilization?

Written records Specialized workers Uses of technology

Neolithic age

New Stone Age | 10,00 BCE- 4,000 BCE

Paleolithic humans

``` Made stone tools hunting and gathering Controlled use of fire Language First humans to bury the dead Animal skin clothes ```

What geographic feature is shared between the earliest circulations?

River valleys

First evidence of Nile river culture dates back too..?

3900 BCE

Archaic

Older than ancient | 1st historical period in any history

Old kingdom

Pyramid | 2700 BCE

Middle Kingdom

Astronomy | 2000 BCE

New kingdom

King tut | 1500-1000 BCE

Forge in powers that controlled Egypt in the last centuries?

Greek and roman

Menes

Unifier of upper and lower Egypt | 1st recorded pharaoh of Egypt

5 social classes in ancient Egypt

``` Royal family/ priest District gov. Scribes Artisans/ merchants Farmers/ laborers ```

Artisan

Skilled laborer

Merchant

Capitalist

Main unto of money used?

Beer- liquid food

Papyrus

Paper that Egyptians mastered

Rosetta Stone

Egypt 1799 French soldiers World war between French and Britain Helped decipher hieroglyphics because it had Greek and demonic

Egyptian religion gods

Osiris Isis Horus

Anubis

Weighs the dead persons heart against a feather to see how good you are

Howard carter

Found king tuts tomb 1922