world history ch 2 roman numerals 1,2,and 3 Flashcards
what is the location of the garden of eden
fertile cresent
what are the two important rivers that flow through the fertile cresent
tigris and euphrates
greek name for the “land between the rivers”
mesopotamia
biblical name for the land between the rivers
plain of shinar
southern most region of mesopotamia
sumner
the first post diluvian civilization
sumner
three oldest sumerian settlements
eridu,ur,and uruk
greatest contribution of the sumerians
the art of writing
what was the sumerian writing before written language
cuneiform
creation and combination of sumerian cities into one civilization
early dynastic age
sargon of akkod conquered the sumerian cities and became their king
old akkod period
who led to ur leading over the sumerians
ur nammu
the way of life of a group of people
culture
what are the 4 civilization characteristics
- mastery of food supply
- divison of labor
- written language
- codefied laws
transmitting knowledge and cultural heritage to the next generation
education
what people were the first to use education
sumerians
the “tablet house” trained the younger generation in the art of cuneiform
edubba
most important sumerian industry in terms of commercial activity
textiles
most famous accomplishment was building the ziggurat
the sumerians
who were the first users of astrology
sumerians
who developed the lunar calender
sumerians
false belief that heavenly bodies influence the affairs and destineis
astrology
spreading of cultural traits and patterns
cultural diffusion
each city had a lugial who represented the city’s “gods”
sumerian government
upper class of rulers and priests in sumner
nobels
free,land owning citizens of sumner
commoners
craftsmen and other workers in sumner
clients
scrappy workers of the temple or big palaces in sumner
slaves
the belief in 1 god
monotheism
the worship of nature
naturalism
the worship of many deities
polytheism
the worship of man
humanism
long poem written in a dignified form which tells the story of great fictitious or historical hero
Epic
the worlds oldest work of lit. outside of the bible
Epic of Gilgamesh
first empire to rule after sumner
babylon
means either “the gate of God” or “to confuse”
Babel
officaly started the old babylonian empire
Hammurab’s rule
rebelled against sumerian rule around 2000 B.C.
babylon
Known for their cunieform writings including the epic of giglamesh
babylon
babylonian genisis
Enuma Elish
greatest mathematical acheivement from the babylonians
place-value notation
babylons greatest achievment
made law codes and also made a sense of justice
large empire located in asia minor
hittites
first empire to use iron weapons
hittites
conqured babylon and set up the assyrian empire
tigalth-pileser I
capital of assyria
nineveh
captured the northern kingdom of israel
assyrians
created the first great library in nineveh while ruling the assyrians
ashburnipal
conqured assyria during nabopolasser’s rule
Chaldeans
Conqured the fertile cresent and southern israel
Nebuchadnezzar
who conquered babylon
cyrus of persia
the greatest extent of the persian empire was under who
darius and xerxes
who create the first postal system
darius
who was the husband of queen esther
xerxes
xerxes succesor, nehiiah was also his cupbearer
artaxerxes
false religon of persia
zoroastriamism
what was diffrent about the persian ruelers
they were under the law
the three names for israel
cannan,promise land,and palestine
what three religons believe israel as the main place for their religon
christianity,judaism,and islam
main highway for trade and travel of 3 continents
israel
father of israel
abraham
who are the founding fathers of israel
abraham,issac,and jacob
solem agreement between God and israel
God’s covenant
The human leaders of israel where chosen by who
God
2nd king of israel
david
capital of israel during david’s reign
jerusalem
David’s son who became king after him
solomon
when was israel the most powerful nation
1000 bc
when did israel split into north and south
after solomon died
samaria was counqured by who in 586 BC
assyrians
