Test 3 Flashcards
What is another name for Mesopotamia?
Land bw the rivers
What forms the western boundary of the Fertile Crescent?
Mediterranean Sea
Floods were?
Unpredictable
Difficulties in Mesopotamia?
Lack of water
No natural defenses
Few resources for tools
Where did the people of Mesopotamia get their water?
Irrigation
How many gods did the typical Sumerian have?
3000
Two phrases to describe Sumerian gods?
Capricious and all powerful
Who knew how to please the gods?
Priests only
Who became the rulers?
Priests and warriors
What did the Sumerians do for defense besides build walls?
Stick together
What developed in the time of the Sumerians?
Specialized trade
Where was writing first developed?
Sumer
What was writing used for?
Record business transactions, temple records
Where did Sargon I create the first empire?
Akkad
Who was Hammurabi?
Amorite King who ruled Babylon
What did Hammurabi do?
Develop uniform law code
What was hammurabi’s code?
Lex talionis
Eye for an eye
Exodus 21
Two characteristics of hammurabi’s code?
Different punishments for different social classes
Written down for all to see