Unit 1 -Transformations Flashcards
The oldest script in the world (from Mesopotamia)
Cuneiform
The Sumerians are most famous for (4)
Ziggurat buildings, inventing cuneiform, the first literary epic of Gilgamesh, and for inventing the wheel
Who was the first Babylonian king
Hammurabi
A series of laws established during the rule of the Babylonian king which listed certain punishments for certain crimes
- tended to favor the elite at the expense of the poor (including slaves); women Had virtually no legal rights
- First law code to be written down
Code of Hammurabi
List the three Mesopotamian civilizations (in order)
Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians
What were the Assyrians known for?
Their ferocity and archers, military might
Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians built upon the glories and culture of their predecessors. This cultural continuity in Mesopotamia led to great advances in
The arts and sciences
Ancient Egypt owes it’s wealth and prestige to what
The flowing waters of the Nile
River
Why do historians have a broad insight into ancient Egyptians religion, philosophy, and general thoughts about the world?
They left behind a lot of writings
True or false:
Egyptians believed that their Pharaohs, or rules, were incarnations of divinities
True
True or false:
There was a separation of church and state in ancient Egypt
FALSE
Ancient Egypt was the opposite of the idea of “separation or church and state”
What were the two most important centers of civilization in the Indus River valley?
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
Why do historians know less about the Indus river valley civilizations then any other ancient civilization?
They didnt leave much of a historical record, and archaeologists still have not been able to decipher their written script
Which Chinese dynasty existed during the Bronze Age?
Shang? Check
True or false:
The rulers of ancient China were thought to have a special connection to the gods and heavens
True
True or false:
Olmecs had a written language, but no scholar as of yet has been able to decipher it
True
Similar to the Indus River valley
What ancient civilization thrived in present day Mexico?
Olmec
True or false:
The olmecs traded extensively and were skilled architects
True
What civilization emerged around 1000 BCE in the Andes of central Peru and was dependent on trade?
Chavín
What animal was very useful to the Chavíns, that made trade possible and were sheared for wool to make clothes? Without them, the Chavín would have been completely isolated.
Llamas
This was a wealthy kingdom along the Nile River, just to the south of Egypt in what is today Sudan. They warred, traded, and exchanged culture with the Egyptians for over two thousand years. Large quantities of slaves were taken from here to work in Egypt
Nubia
These were the people who lived on the island of Crete off the coast of Greece. Flourishing from 2250 BCE to 1450 CE, they traded avidly with their neighbors, especially with Egypt.
Minoans
They developed their civilization very slowly compared to other ancient civilizations. Between 1800 and 1200 BCE, the Mycenaean culture dominated them.
Mainland greeks
They flourished from 1700 BCE to 400 BCE. Originally from what is today Lebanon, they were the mercantile neighbors of the ancient Hebrews. As sailors and merchants, they crisscrossed the Mediterranean in search of trade and wealth. Their cities - Carthage, Byblos, Tyre, and Beirut - became dynamic centers of commerce and exchange. We get our alphabet from them
Phoenicians