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Mesopotamia-Ch. 2
Ch.2 test study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Fertile Crescent? Where is it? | -large area of rich/fertile land; arc shaped -stretches from Mediterranean Sea- Persian Golf |
| What is Mesopotamia? What does this refer to and who named it Mesopotamia? | -region in modern day Iraq; between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers - "Meso"-middle, "Potamia"-Rivers -no ancient name, named by Greeks years later |
| Why is this area fertile? | - between 2 rivers; floods washed up nutrients(silt) on to the soil |
| What is division of labor? | -special in 1 job -used by Sumerians to divide jobs and society order |
| What is Cuneiform? How was it used? How did it start out? | -first writing system -Symbol- syllable - early form in pictographs - recorded buisness records and royal affairs - -used stylus; wrote on clay |
| What is a scribe? List details of the job. | -hired to make written accounts of items that people traded -way to move up in the social class -writer |
| The Plow (Sumerians) | -pulled by oxen -breaks through hard clay soil -increased farm production |
| The Sun-Dial (the new Babylonians or the Chaldeans) | -measures time by the position of the Sun |
| The wheel (Sumerians) | -wheeled vehicles ( such as the wagon and the cart) -potters wheel |
| Siege warfare (Assyrians) | - attack over and over again |
| Battering Rams | -used to break open doors -pool would jam against the wall |
| Movable Towers(Assyrians) | -used in battle |
| Hanging Gardens of Babylon(Chaldeans) | -Nebuchadnezzar -own irrigation system -in grand palace - from ground looked like plants were hanging -on roof |
| Chariot(Hittites) | -ancient horse drawn vehicle -two wheeled |
| What did the Sumerians contribute to mathematics? | -developed math system based on 60 -calculated areas of triangles and rectangles |
| What are Ziggurats? Where were they located( in the city-state)? Why were they so tall? | -located in center of city state -temples -tall because Mesopotamia's thought that they could link to the heavens and they were important |
| Which ruler created the "Hanging Gardens Of Babylon"? What were they? | -Nebuchadnezzar -own irrigation system -in palace -if you looked up, looked like the plants were hanging |
| What is the difference between polytheism and monotheism? | -polytheism is the worship of many Gods -monotheism is the worship of one God |
| What is an empire? How is it different than a city-state? | -empire is the collection of many land controlled by 1 owner -city-state is an independent city and surrounding land |
| Which empire was known more for its trade than winning battles? | -Phoenicians -also known for creating alphabet |
| Why was the purple die made by the Phoenicians so expensive( and used to show wealth)? | -took 10,000 mollusks to create 1 gram of purple die |
| What was the Code of Hammurabi? Who created it? How many laws were there? Where were they written? What is the significance of these laws to the society? | -282 laws -written on a large stone tablet -created by Hammurabi -WAS WRITTEN!!!!!!! |
| Know the Sumerian social class that made up the social hierarchy. Why is the Sumerian Social Class shaped like a triangle? | -King -Priests -Craftspeople, merchants, and traders -Farmers and Laborers -Slaves -shaped like a triangle because the top was rare and the bottom was common |
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