Sunday, Monday Flashcards
Mesopotamia is Greek For
The land ‘Between the rivers’.
Mesopotamia is not in Africa but in
Asia
Where is Mesopotamia
in the middle East, Iraq
How were the Sumerians ahead of the Egyptians
They had already learnt how to shape bricks from clay, build houses and temples by 3100 BC
How long did king Hammurabi lived
Around 1700 BC (some 3700 years ago)
What did the Babylonians and the Assyrians worship
The sun, the moon, and the stars.
What did the Babylonians and the Assyrians do throughout the years and centuries
They observed and recorded everything that they saw in the sky
What did people think about the earth those days
The thought that the earth was a flat disk and that the sky was some sort of hollow sphere cupped over the earth that turned over once each day
What was the Greek name of the belief in the stars
Astrology!!
The last great Babylonian king was Nebuchadnezzar he lived around..
600 BC
What was King Nebuchadnezzar was remembered for
his feats of war, he fought against Egypt and bringing a vast number of foreign captives home top Babylon as slaves.
