history test 1 Flashcards
“Anno domini”
“In the year of our lord”
What destructive faith removes God as creator of man
Evolution
Medieval history start and end
fall of rome(A.D 5000) – A.D. 1500
Institution with the authority and power to control, direct, & rule in the actions & affairs of others
Government
God’s supreme power over all nations, rules, & individuals
Sovereign
Worship of man; exalting man in place or above God
Humanism
First foundational civil ordinance
Capital Punishment/Death Penalty
Builder of the world’s first empire
Nimrod
Large group of people who think of themselves as one
Nation
Where Noah’s family settled after the flood
Plain of Shinar
Whose name means division
Peleg
Area where the garden of eve was located
Fertile Crescent
Two major rivers in fertile crescent
Tigris and Euphrates
How many cultures were in fertile crescent
10
Greek name for the “land between the rivers”
Mesopotamia
First postdiluvian civilization
Sumer
Three oldest sumerian settlements
Eridu, Uruk, Ur
The greatest contribution of the sumerians
The Art of Writing
Name of sumerians writing
Cuneiform
Historys second greatest empire builder(he ruled old during akkadian period)
Sargon of Akkad
The king during the golden age of Ur
Ur Nammu
Way of life for a group of people
Culture
The transmitting of knowledge
Education
Name of Sumerian school (the tablet house)
Edubba
The most important thing in sumerian industry
Textiles
The Sumerians greatest architectural achievement
Ziggurat
Study of the heavens
Astronomy
What did the Sumerians develop for time, and what was it based on?
Lunar Calendar; based on phases of the moon
False belief that heavenly bodies influence human affairs and destinies
Astrology
The spreading of cultures
Cultural Diffusion
Oldest work of writing outside of the Bible
Epic of Gilgamesh
Where was abraham from
Ur