Fresh Quarter 1 Test Flashcards
400,000-11,000 people began making primitive stone tools survived by hunting gathering and dwelled in temporary shelters
Paleolithic period
11,000-4,000 development of agriculture and the domestication of animals allowed permanent shelters
Neolithic period
System of watering and draining land to prevent buildup of salt
Irrigation
Sumerian form of writing; the term describes the wedge shaped strokes of the stylus
Cuneiform
Worship if multiple gods tradition of Egypt and Mesopotamia
Polytheism
I proclamation in the language of the land issued by the Babylonian king Hammurabi to establish law and justice
Hammurabis law code
And Egyptian book that preserved ideas about death and the afterlife
Book of the dead
The leader of religious and political life in the old kingdom, he commanded the wealth, resources and people of Egypt
Pharaoh
The Egyptian belief in a cosmic harmony that embraced truth justice and moral integrity; it gave the pharaohs the right and duty to govern
Ma’at
The period in which the production and use of Bronze implements became basic to society Bronze might farming more efficient and revolutionize warfare
Bronze age
The belief in one universal God
Monotheism
People who speak a language from a large family of languages that includes English most of the languages of modern Europe Greek Latin Persian and Sanskrit
Indo-European
Foreign invaders who destroyed the hit tight and Egyptian empires in the 13th century BC
Sea peoples
The Hebrew god that appeared to Moses on Mount Sinai and made a covenant with the Hebrews; in medieval Latin he became known as Jehovah
Yahweh
. From 587 to 538 BC during which the survivors of a Babylonian attack on the southern kingdom of Judah were exiled in Babylonia
Babylonian captivity
A formal agreement between Yahweh in the Hebrew people that if the Hebrews worship Yahweh as their only God he would consider them his chosen people and protect them from their enemies
Covenant
The main highway created by the Persians; it spanned 1677 miles from Greece to Iran
Royal Road
Persian religion who’s gods, Ahurmazda, God is good and light and Ahriman God of evil and dark, we’re locked in a battle for the human race; the religion emphasized by the individual’s responsibility to choose between good and evil
Zoroastrianism
A flourishing and vibrant culture on Crete around 1650 BC; the palace was the center of political and economical life, the most important one being Knossos
Minoan
A greek society that developed around 1650 BC when a powerful group centered at Mycenae spread its culture over the less advanced native population
Mycenaean
Generally interpreted to mean city state, it was the basic political and institutional unit of Greece
Polis
An elevated point within a city on which stood temples, altars, and public monuments
Acropolis
