Sunday, Monday Flashcards
why was mesopotamia called the land between the nile
it was greek for the land between the rivers.
Which was once the greatest city on earth?
Babylon.
Which was the second greatest city in the worls?
Nineveh
Which was the capitial of the Babylonians?
Babylon.
Which was the capital of the Assyrians?
Nineveh.
What was the difference between Egypt an Mesopotamia?
Mesopotamia was rarely ruled by just one king.
Where was Abraham born
He was born in the city of Ur.
What did they find in the ruins of the city of Ur?
Dazzling gold headdresses, gold vessels for sacrifices, gold helmets and gold daggers with semi-precious stones.
WHat else did they find in the rubble mounds?
round seals inscribed with clay tablets in tombs. they’re called Cuneiform.
What does cuneiform mean?
wedge-shaped.
How did they inscribe cuneiform?
they inscribed them into soft clay then baked hard into ovens.
who inscribed a long and importan tmessgae engraved in stone.
King Hammurabi.
which is the oldest law-book in the world.
the code of Hammurabi.
When did king hammurabi live?
1700 BC, about 3700 years ago.
What did the Egyptian statues look like?
“Most of their statues show kings out hunting or inspecting kneeling captives bound in chains, or foreign tribes-people fleeing before the wheels of their chariots, and warriors attacking fortresses. The kings look forbidding and have long black ringlets and rippling beards.”
What do the statues also show them doing?
Making sacrifices to Baal, the sun god, or to the moon goddess Ishtar or Astarte.
what did the Babylonians and Assyrians worship?
The sun, moon and stars.
Who recorded the everything they saw in the skies and gave them names?
The Babylonian sand Assyrians.
What did they name Mars after?
War.
What did they name Venus after?
Love.
What did the Babylonians build to be nearer to the stars?
They built ziggurats.
What are ziggurats?
Tall, broad towers made up of terraces piled up on eon top of another, with formidable ramps and steep narrow staircases.
What is at the top of ziggurats?
There was a temple dedicated to the moon or one of the other planets.
Who was the last great Babylonian king?
King Nebuchanezzar.
who fought against Egypt and brought home a vast number of slaves?
King Nebuchandezzar.
When did King Nebuchadnezzar live?
Around 600 BC.
How was Mesopotamia ruled?
“Unlike Egypt, Mesopotamia was rarely ruled by just one king.”
Where would people from all over the world go to trade their wares?
They would go to Babhylon.
What other city besides Babylon rested at the foot of the mountains?
Nineveh.
What were the tombs packed with?
Dazzling gold headdresses and gold vessels for sacrifices, gold helmets and gold daggers set with semi-precious stones. Magnificent harps decorated with bulls’ heads, and a gameboard carefully crafted like a chessboard.
Where can we find these astonishing treasure that were found in the tombs?
British museum, University of Pennsylvania and the Museum of Baghdad in Iraq.
Against what did Giglamesh fight?
Monsters and dragons.
What can you find on the inscribed tablets?
Recorded business dealings, contracts, receipts, and inventories of goods.
Who else besides the Babylonians and Assyrians were great traders?
The Sumerians were also pretty great traders.
Who was the first king to rule of BAbylon/
King Hammurabi.
Who were the ones that recorded everything they saw in the skies?
Babylonians and Assyrians.
