Mesopotamia Flashcards

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Mesopotamia is know as

and is located in modern day ________

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The cradle of civilization; Iraq

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When it comes to religion Mesopotamia is:

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  • Polytheists
  • Pious/Religious
  • God reacts to them with judgement
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The Mesopotamians are…

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  • Dark
  • Pessimistic
  • Insecure & confused
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4
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Mesopotamian Government…

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  • Monarchy 2700 BC
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Mesopotamian geography..

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  • Fertile Cresent ⇒ Eastern part
  • Frequent unpredictable floods
  • Herd & farm there
  • Surounded by desert and mountains
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Drawbacks of Mesopotamian geography:

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  • They depended on the floods, but they were unpredicatble
  • They couldn’t expand because they were surounded by desert and mountains
  • Dangerous nomads lived in the mountains
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Assyrian Religion

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  • Natural human instinct
  • Polytheism
  • Their story of how mankind fell from Grace is the opposite of Christians ⇒ they say it wasn’t their fault
  • Their god is thought of as being like man, and god is in image of man
  • Had religious ceremonies
  • God not vied to emulate ⇒ he is not good
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Things Assyrians created:

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  • Time measurement we still use today ⇒ sexagesimal, decimal, binary, 24 hour day
  • Slavery
  • Law- Hammarabi
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9
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Assyrian temples were called

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Ziggurats

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10
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Somethings don’t change

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Unchanging nature

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Assyrian Government

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Decentralized

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12
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Sumer & the Sumerians

Time period?

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c 3,300 BC - c 5,200 BC

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13
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Babylon & the Babylonians

Who was their king? Time period of his rule.

What did he make

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Hammurabi

1792 BC- 1750 BC

Hammurabi’s laws

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14
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Assyrians

Time period?

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C 1000 BC - 612 BC

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15
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What were the Assyrians cultural achievements?

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Figured out you can write language down

Created a syllabary

Figured out kingship & monarchy 2700 BC

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16
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What is a cyllabary?

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A collection of symbols that represented a sylabol

17
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What was the Assyrians writing system?

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Cuneiform

18
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Religion:

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No atheists