World History Chapter 3 Flashcards
Mesopotamia
(4,000 BCE- 612 BCE) Home of the first civilizations
What was the first civilization in Mesopotamia?
Summeria
What did Sumerians rely on for a plentiful harvest
annual floods that made the soil rich
What religion were the Sumerian People?
Polytheism which was a belief in many gods (3,000 in fact!)
What were Ziggurats
Religious temples that regulated trades as well as a storage place for surplus supplies
Theocracy was
Priests held authoritative role through divine right
When was Cuniform invented and what was it?
Cuneiform was the Sumerian way of writing which was invented 3,000BCE and used wedge shaped impressions with reeds of clay on a tablet which were later dried
Who is the most lit flash card maker?
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What were cuneiform writers called?
Scribes
Who was the first great writer who wrote Epics
Gilgamesh
Where were the first schools
Summeria
What was Sumeria made up of
City states, which were each politically independent
and each had own government, king, and army D;
Tax Collectors were
Priests
What happened to the city states
They fought over food, land, and water which led to the downfall of Summeria
What was something super important the Sumerians invented?
The time system (60 secs= 1 min 60 min= 1 hour)
