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Mesopotamia Flashcards

1
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Who is Enki

A

The god of Winter

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2
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What is a ziggurat

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Structure built in mesopotamia

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3
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lunar calendar

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Calendar for the moon

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4
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Empire

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People that rule a country for generations

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5
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cultural diffusion

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spreading out, merging different cultures

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6
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What is astronomy

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Study of the stars

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7
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David, Moses, Solomon, Abraham

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people in the bible and the torah

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8
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What is the torah

A

Important jewish scroll

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9
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Tyre

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Ancient Phonecian part of southern part of lebanon

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10
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What is Mesopotamia

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The middle east today

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11
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Moral

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Ethics of life

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12
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hierarchy

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Social Status

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13
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Cuneiform

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Writing used and created by the sumerians

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14
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What did the Phoenicians/Lydians colonize?

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They Colonized North africa, Italy and spain

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15
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Hebrew

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Jewish people today

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16
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Mesopotamias English translation

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The land between the two rivers

17
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Where phonecia had colonized

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Italy, North Africa, Spain

18
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Two kingdoms that divided the early hebrews

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Judah and Israel

19
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Lage structure in Mesopotamia used to worship a god

A

Ziggurat

20
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What broke up mesopotamia into 2 epochs

A

The great flood

21
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Mesopotamia was a good place to live because,

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Fertile land and rivers for transportation

22
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What kept Jews in captivity for 50 years?

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New babylon

23
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What objects were traded by the phenicians

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Lumber and dyes

24
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What did Sumerian boys learn in school?

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Religion, arithmetic and songs

25
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Why were the Phoenicians and Lydians so special?

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The Lydians developed a market economy. Phoenicians traded dyes to make money.

26
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Some examples of Sumerian architect achievement

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Arches and Ziggurats

27
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Why the Sumerians were constantly invaded are

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Not isolated

28
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Describe at least three ways a river had an impact on early societies & more specifically, Mesopotamia.

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Fertile land, Good soil for farming, Travel and trade

29
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Another name for the fertile crescent and what it means

A

The land between the two rivers

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