Hamariba Flashcards
Greek for the land between the rivers “.it is located between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers in the middle EAST
Mesopotamia
Crescent shaped area 1 of the 1st civilizations began, it covers the present day countries Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel.
Fertile Crescent
rich soil. Good for farming.
Silt
An amount that is left over after a need has been met.
Surplus
A system that brings water to land through ditches, pipes, or streams.
Irrigation
A region in southern Mesopotamia that was divided into city-states.
Sumer
A city that governs itself. It is small like a city, & has a government like a state.
City-state
A belief in many gods.
Polytheism
A square pyramid- shaped structure with a temple at the top. A Sumerian temple to honor their chief God.
A ziggurat
A way of writing developed by the Sumerians, it was written by cutting wedge-shaped marks into damp clay with a sharp reed.
Cunaform
Official record keeper, wrote documents that recorded much of the everyday life in Mesopotamia.
Scribes
Mostly boys from wealthy families learned how to read and write. True or false?
True
A long poem that tells the story of a hero.
Epic
World’s oldest known story. Hero of an epic who travels the world performing great deeds.
Epic of Gilgamesh
A 2 wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse or a donkey.
Chariot
A group of people who were the 1st to settle in Mesopotamia. 1st people to invent the wheel, chariot, sailboat, and made bronze
Sumerians
A group of many different lands under one ruler.
Empires
He created the 1st empire in Mesopotamia that lasted more than 200 years. King of Sumer.
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Surgeon
He created the Babylonian empire.
Hammariba
Babylonian king is best known for —————that later influenced the laws of the Greeks and Romans.
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Writing a code of laws
Earliest written code of law?
Hammariba code
Hammariba code is based on?
Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
A forced payment made to a ruler as a sign of surrender.
A tribute
Around 900 bc, people built a strong army of 50,000 soldiers, 1st army to use weapons.
Assyrians
What kind of weapons were used by the Assyrians?
Iron
What group of people mastered iron production?
Hittites
Who learned how to use iron as weapons from the Hittites?
The Assyrians
A political district?
Provence
Capital of the Assyrian empire, site of one of the world’s first libraries?
Nineveh
Around 650 bc, this group of people rebelled and defeated Assyrians?
Chaldean
Who formed the new Babylonian empire?
The Chaldeans
Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon?
Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar built which 7 wonders of the world?
Hanging gardens of Babylon
A group of traveling merchants?
Caravan
What people captured Babylon in 539 bc?
Pechens
Complex societies that have organized government ,social classes culture and writing
Civilization
