mesopataimia Flashcards
who did Mesopotamia trade with?
Egypt and India
who founded the Jewish religion?
Abraham
where was Abraham from?
Ur
who created iron and chariots?
Hitties
what step pyramid was found throughout Mesopotamia
Ziggurat
Government ruled by Gods/religion?
Theocracy
belief in many gods?
pollytheism
belief in one god?
Monotheism
Arabic Hebrew Akadian and Aramaic were all what type of language?
Semitic
what skill did homo erects master and control?
fire
where were several achient artifacts found?
Olduvai Gorge
Mesopotamia in Greek?
the land between the rivers
who spread spoken language to Europe?
Indo-Europeans
name given to the time when farming began?
Neolithic era
who was lucy?
an early hominid that walked upright, had aposable thumbs and carried stuff with her arms
moral code of Hebrew?
the 10 commandments
who built the great temple in jeruslam?
salaman
what rivers was mesopataima between?
tigers and Euphrates
first type of agruclutre?
Slash and burn
grasslands in central asia?
steppe
why was life equal in paleolithic times?
no one could accumulate wealth or property
what is bureaucracy?
when a king rules a capital city but has people stationed in different areas to enforce laws
why did Mesopotamia struggle to stop enemies from invading?
Lack of natural barriers
what is a series of rulers from the same family called?
Dynasty
what important recorded keeping tool did the Phoenicians create?
alphabet
what was the most militaristic group in Mesopotamia?
Assyrians
who lead the Hebrew people out of slavery?
Moses
law code created around lex talionis?
Hammurabi code
what was one Hammurabi code punishment?
Eye for and eye
