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(His) Unit 2: P1.5

Ancient Near East- Mesopotamia Cultures

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Humans were made to what? To worship
Out of the many religons that they had they were mostly what? Polytheism
Polytheism When you worship more than one "god"
Some important "gods" Anu, Enlil, and Marduk
Neo-babylinian worshiped what "god"? Marduk
Who were the communicators to the "gods" for the people? The presties and prestests
Ampliefied gods When you make a "god" just like a human its just more than we are. Example: humans are angry--> god very angry; Humans happy--> god very happy
Theocracy When the government is ruled by the religious figures
Why did people worship there "gods"? 1. So they could get things from the "god" 2. So they weren't cursed
Cosmic Vending Machine When you use GOD just to get what you want.
-Theo means what? GOD
Ziggarats They were found everywhere and were also known as step pyramids, and step tempels; they didn't take long to build
Where were ziggarats found? They were found all over the world because they were so easy to make all you need was 1. A lot of mud 2. A long of surface area to build a large base [it was the only way to build larges towers]
The sumarians created what? The first writting called cuniform
Cuniform the first ancient writing that is a set of symbols used to write multiple langages
Famouse things written in cuniform Hamarabi's code, The Epic of Gilgamesh, and Enuma Elish
The Epic of Gilgamesh A story orginaly written in cuniform about a flood.
Technology that was made The wheel, sundials. arches, and the Math in "60's"
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