Mesopotamia Flashcards
Mesopotamia economy was based on?
Animal wealth and agriculture.
Factors of Agriculture in Mesopotamia
- Ease of transportation
- water availability
- soil fertility
- Use of agricultural tools
- temperate climate
Industries in Mesopotamia (What did they use or make?)
Grilled Bricks, Crude Oil, Cotton, Metals.
T/F: Mesopotamia was not famous for its internal and external commercial activity due to the availability of many factors.
False (“Not Famous”, they were famous.)
What were the Worker wages based on?
The quality and quantity of barley and corn and dates.
What did the Mesopotamians prayed for?
More crops.
The Upper class, lower, and middle, explain them and who they hold.
Upper class holds priests, kings, landlords.
Middle class holds people who work in the industry and have a sustainable job.
Lower are slaves.
T/F: The family enjoyed a prestigious position because it was considered the basis of society, and the woman enjoyed many of her rights such as inheriting, asking for divorce and disposing of her money, as well as preserving her marital duties and obedience.
True.
They used what systems in mathematics?
Decimal and sexagesimal system.
Poor kids went to private schools and the rich went to public.
False.
Nineveh established what library?
The Ashurbanipal Library is one of the most famous Mesopotamian libraries, established in the capital, Nineveh.
Why did trade happen a lot in the Arab peninsula?
It was in the middle of trade routes.
Arabs are called Arabs due to what reason?
The Arabs were called Arabs in relation to the sons of (Yarob bin Qahtan), and they were distinguished by eloquence and eloquence in the tongue.
Extinct Arabs?
Are the ones mentioned in the Holy Qur’an in the nations that passed away: A’ad and Thamud, so they have vanished.
Remaining Arabs?
Are divided into two parts: the Arab Arabs (they are the Yemeni and the Qahtaniyah) and the Arabized Arabs (the sons of our master Ismail bin Ibrahim, peace be upon them).
