test 2- retake Flashcards

1
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2 names for mesopotamia

A

“land between rivers” and fertile crescent

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2
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why was mesopotamia only ruled by one group of people

A

flat and undependable

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3
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at first who didn’t have kings

A

mesopotamia

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4
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what was the earliest form of governmental authority in ancient mesopotamia

A

city sates

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5
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temple and observatory for mesopotamians

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ziggurat

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6
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why did the mesopotamians need a ziggurat

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their gods were the planets

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7
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what do wings or horns signify

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gods, divine, heavenly creatures

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8
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who invented the cuneiform or “wedge”

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Sumerians

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9
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used as propaganda

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standard of Ur

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10
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used by tell asmar. windows to the soul and perpetual worship

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votive statuettes

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11
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what was important about surgeons bust

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first known hollow cast

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12
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maram-sin stele

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god instead of a king

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13
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“lammasu” at sargon 2

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winged lion or bull

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14
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most renowned babylonian king

A

nebekenessur

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15
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babylonians greatest attraction

A

hanging gardens

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16
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why did egypt enjoy consistency

A

natural barriers

17
Q

first pharaoh to unite egypt

A

namere

18
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one of the only historical references in egyptian art to an actual event

A

the palate of namer

19
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mas=taba

A

rectangular and sun dried brick

20
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why did the pharaonic structures stand stiff

A

to mean eternalness

21
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material often used to carve statuettes of the pharaoh

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stone. lasts the longest

22
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egyptian god that rose from local to national

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amen

23
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fused with amen god in egypt

A

rah.. then herotik

24
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thebes

A

site where they decide their god. waset

25
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first female pharaoh

A

hatshepsut

26
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center of hatshepsuts mortuary temple

A

karnak

27
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changes god from amen to aton and made egypt monotheistic

A

amenhotep 5 .. aka akenhotep

28
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the pharaoh who expands egypt north and south

A

ramesus 2

29
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king who changes the religion back

A

tut