Mesopotamia Flashcards
What does Mesopatamia mean?
The ¨Land Between two Rivers.
What modern day country was Mesopotamia in?
Iraq
What is a floodplain?
An area of low lying ground next to a river, formed mainly of silt and mud, and subject to flooding.
Silt
An especially fine and fertile soil.
Civilization
A society with highly developed culture and technology.
City-State
A self-governing unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands and settlements; a city that controls the surrounding villages and towns.
Cuneiform
The earliest form of writing, invented by the Sumerians.
Scribe
A professional who recorded official imformation.
Monotheism
The worship of a single god.
Polytheism
A belief in many gods.
Code of Law
An organized of written laws.
Justice
Equal treatment under law.
Empire
A group of different lands and people governed by one ruler.
Judaism
The religion of the Hebrews (as it is practiced today); it is the world´s oldest monotheistic religion.
What was the Exodus?
The Exodus was the time period of Moses freeing the Hebrews from slavery of the Egyptians. It was also the time when Moses got the Ten Commandments.
Describe the Hebrew religion.
It was the world´s first monotheistic religion. It traces back to Abraham. Their religious books are the Torah and Talmud. They follow the Ten Commandments that were given by God to the Hebrew leader Moses. Modern day religion is called Judaism.
What did the Phoenicians need to do in order to make a living?
They needed to trade so they made sailboats and ships. They could farm because they lived by a coast. They had to trade across the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea to get grains. They got grains and they sold their purple dye.
Why is the alphabet an important Phoenician achievement?
It is the basis of our alphabet today.
