Module 2 Flashcards
Tigris & Euphrates River
Mesopotamia
Huang He, Yangtze
Chinese
Nile river
Egyptian
The Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia
Curved shape of land including lands facing Mediterranean Sea & plain between Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
The Fertile Crescent
-Flooded yearly (unpredictable) leaving behind a thick mud called silt
-Farmers planted crops in rich soil
-Resulted in plentiful harvests allowed villages to grow
The Fertile Crescent
Environmental Challenges for Sumerians:
UNPREDICTABLE FLOODING with a period of little to no rain. Land sometimes became almost a desert.
Solution:
•Dug IRRIGATION DITCHES that carried river water to their fields
•Led to production of surplus crops
Challenge:
NO NATURAL BARRIERS
SOLUTION:
Built CITY WALL with mud bricks
Ancient Egypt
Nileriver
Benefits of Nile River:
-Predictable yearly flooding
——- which allowed faring settlements to grow
- They worshiped the over as a god
They were able to invent ways to control with their canvas, dams and irrigation systems
Egyptians and Mesopotamians
In Egyptian culture, they were considered as gods on earth who ruled over government and their Military
Pharaohs ( God-Kings)
a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
Theocracy
Mesopotamian kings they were
Representatives of gods, but don’t considered them as one
Writing system in ancient Egypt
Hieroglyphics
Consisted of pictographs
Scribes recorded history beliefs and ideas of ancient Egypt
Egyptians hieroglyphics
-Used wedge-shaped tool to press symbols into clay, then baked clay in the sun to preserve the writing
-Used for record-keeping, writing about wars, natural disasters, etc.
-Marked beginning of written history
Sumerian Cuneiform
Iron was developed by
Egyptians and Mesopotamian
Needed a way of recording transactions clearly and quickly
Phoenician alphabet
Is similarities can be seen between Phoenician, Greek and modern alphabet
Yes
Rational explanations to the universe without referencing their faith, religion, and traditional beliefs.
Greeks