STUPID AH RETEST Flashcards
Ruler of Assyrian Empire at its Peak
Assurbanipal
“the first astronomers”
chaldeans
rule by god (or his representatives)
theocracy
Another name for land inbetween the rivers
Fertile Crescent
another man like “Noah” found in the epic of GILGAMESH
Utnapishtun
first great lawgiver
hammurabi
first man to unite all of mesopotamia under one empire
Sargon I
Step / terraced pyramid with god’s residence at top
ziggurat
first ancestor of all the tribes of israel who came from ur
Abraham
The last great sumerian city
Ur
1.
Ubadians
2.
Sumerians
3.
Akkadians
4.
Babylonians
5.
Assyrians
6.
Chaldeans
Aside from BAbylonians & Sumerians (they had mixed semitic associations) which groups were semitic
Assyrians & Akkadians (2 A’s)
Neo-Bablylonians
Chaldeans
It has been said that mesopotamia has been built on
clay
mesopotamia (which means land _______ the rivers in Greek) lies between these two rivers ______ & _________
Inbetween, Tigris, Euphrates
The _____ people developed the writing system which is called _______, and later Mesopotamian peoples adapted it for use with their own different languages
Sumerian, cuneiform
The name for their writing system comes from “cuneus,” a word that means _______ in the _____ language
wedge, latin
the ________ people, led by Sargon I, developed an empire near present day Baghdad
Akkadian
The main god of the babylonians was Marduk, their god of _______
Justice
On the stele that proclaimed their famous law code, who is shown handing the laws to the king?
Shamash
Although the idea of an eye for an eye sounds harsj to us, it was deisigned to prevent the chaos by replacing cycles of blood vengeance with a sever but measured brand of ________
justice
what 2 great mesopotamian civilizations both used babylon as their capital
babylonians and chaldeans
which mesopotamian civilization, had their first capital at assur
assyrians
which mesopotamian civilization was not only known for their merciless military power, but also for their effective way of ruling a large empire with regional governors, a network of roads, a postal system, and forced movements of peoples to reduce resistance
addyrians
The “Samaritans” were descendants of colonists who were forced bu the _____s to relocate in Samaria (To supress rebellions elsewhere in their empire), and who later intermarried with the local jewish population,
assyrian(s)
the lost tribed of ______ were also victims of the same forced colonization policy
israel
the second assyrian capital was the city of Nineveh, where a great royal library was later built by king _________
assurbanipal
which asyrian king destroyed babylon? _______ which one rebuilt it
Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar II
The “Neo babylonians” needed the help of outsiders (Medes and _________)to defeat the assyrians
Persian
Nebuchadnezzar built one of the wonders of the ancient world for his wife. Which one wonder was it
the hanging gardens of babylon
what civilization did nebuchadnezzar rule
chaldeans
the babylonian captivity was a period of more than 70 years when thousands oh the _______ people were held captive in babylon after resisting the power of the chaldeans
hebrew
the persian ruler ____managed to get help from the priests of Marduk to overthrow the neo babylonians and is praised in the bible for letting the captive jews return home
Cyrus
Our seven day week was first established by the chaldeans because they would worship different gids every day, represented by the ___, ____ and the five ____ closest to earth.
sun, moon, planets
AFter the assyrians forced jews from samaria into another part of their empire they came to be reffered as the ________ _________ of israel
lost tribes
give the exact year that the chaldeans, persians & medes overthrew the assyrians
612 bc
the most famous work of sumerian lit. is the epic of
gilgamesh
