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World History CH.1

5th grade history Ch.1

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a long curved strip of land in Asia known for it's fertile soil and crescent shape Fertile Crescent
the area known as the Fertile Crescent where the earth's earliest people lived Cradle of Civilization
means "arrow", the upper river in the Fertile Crescent Tigris
means "that which makes fruitful", the lower river in the Fertile Crescent Euphrates
means "between the rivers", the part of the Fertile Crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers Mesopotamia
the mountain north of the Fertile Crescent upon which Noah's Ark came to rest Mount Ararat
the body of water that lies south of the Fertile Crescent Persian Gulf
civilization a country or people who have developed to a great extent the natural abilities that God has given to man
the people of the Sumer, descendants of the people who stayed in the area of the Tower of Babel after God confused the languages Sumerians
the most important Sumerian city named after the tower of Babel Babylon
supplying land with water by means ditches, channels or sprinklers irrigation
animals raised in the Fertile Crescent sheep, goats, donkeys and oxen
men who made statues sculptor
men who worked with gold, silver, copper and bronze metalsmiths
pictures of what the writer was trying to represent pictograph
wedge shaped marks each standing for a syllable of a word cuneiform
people who dig up and study the remains of ancient civilizations archaeologists
a belief based on fear or ignorance rather than truth superstition
a tall, big Sumerian temple ziggurats
arch and dome important Sumerian architecture
seal an instrument used to stamp and article or document
cylinder the most common type of seal in Sumer
Chaldea the southern part of Sumer
Ur the most important city in Chaldea
Nanna the moon god
Abraham the father of the Jewish nation; most important citizen of Ur
Canaan the land promised to Abraham and his descendants
Ur-Nammu king who ordered the ziggurat at Ur to be built
Lady Shubad queen whose tomb was discovered in ancient Ur
THE GARDEN OF EDEN WAS LOCATED - IN A PART OF ANCIENT WESTERN ASIA KNOWN AS THE FERTILE CRESCENT
DEFINE FERTILE CRESCENT - NARROW STRIP OF LAND, NAMED FOR ITS FRUITFULNESS AND FOR THE LIKENESS OF ITS SHAPE TO A CRESCENT MOON.
WHERE WAS FERTILE CRESCENT LOCATED - EASTERN PORTION CONTAINING THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVER VALLEYS AND A WESTERN PORTION ALONG THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST. IT NOW INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE MODERN NATIONS OF: ISRAEL, JORDAN, LEBANON, SYRIA, TURKEY, AND IRAQ.
THE FERTILE CRESCENT IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS ________________ BECAUSE OF _________ THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION. BECAUSE IT WAS HOME TO 10 ANCIENT CULTURES: SUMERIAN, AKKADIAN, BABYLONIAN, HITTITE, PHOENICIAN, HEBREW, ASSYRIAN, CHALDEAN, MEDIAN, AND PERSIAN - WHICH MADE IMPORTANT CONRIBUTIONS TO WORLD HISTORY.
THE PLAIN OF SHINAR THE MAIN PART OF MESOPOTAMIA - 400 MILE LONG BABYLONIAN PLAIN WHICH STRETCHES FROM NORTH OF BAGHDAD TO THE HEADWATERS OF THE PERSIAN GULF. DRY LAND - 6 INCHES RAINFALL YEARLY - AVERAGE TEMP - 94-99 DEGREES.
SUMAR ALSO CALLED SHINAR. LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERNMOST REGION OF THE MESOPOTAMIAN PLAIN. THE SITE OF THE FIRST POSTDILUVIAN CIVILIZATION. ESTABLISHED BY THE SUMERIAN PEOPLE.
THE THREE OLDEST SUMERIAN SETTLEMENTS WERE ____________ , _________, AND _______AND WERE LOCATED __________ ERIDU, UROK AND UR. LOCATED ALONG THE LOWER EUPHRATES
DESCRIBE SUMERIAN LIFE They Farmed, Fished, were Sheep Herders. They PRACTICED THE ART OF IRRIGATION. THEY ALSO BEGAN TO FORTIFY THEIR THEIR VILLAGES FOR GREATER SECURITY (SINCE THEY LIVED ON A FLAT PLAIN AND COULD EASILY BE ATTACKED).
NAME 6 GREAT SUMERIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO HISTORY - 1. THEY BUILT DAMS, DIKES, AND CANALS FOR FLOOD 2. CONTROL AND IRRIGATION. 3. THEY INVENTED THE WHEEL. 4. INVENTED A PLOW WITH A SEEDER ATTACHED AND DEVELOPED FARMING METHODS. 5. THEY ESTABLISHED THE TRADE OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 6. INVENTED CUNEIFORM WRI
PICTOGRAMS PICTURES REPRESENTING CERTAIN OBJECTS
IDEOGRAMS SYMBOLS OF THINGS THAT CANNOT BE PICTURED AND OF ACTIONS AND IDEAS
PHONOGRAM WHEN CUNEIFORM CHARACTERS CAME TO REPRESENT WORD SOUNDS AND NOT JUST OBJECTS OR IDEAS.
SIR HENRY C. RAWLINSON SUCCESSFULLY BROKE THE CODE OF THE TRILINGUAL CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS THAT HAD BEEN DISCOVERED IN IRANIAN CLIFFS, ENABLING MODERN PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO DECIPHER ANCIENT WRITINGS.
RECORDED SUMERIAN HISTORY BEGINS WITH - THE EARLY DYNASTIC AGE, WHEN THE SUMERIANS REACHED THEIR HIGH POINT OF CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
WHO WAS SARGON OF AKKAD AND WHAT DID HE DO? HE WAS A SEMITIC WARIOR-KING WHO WARRED AGAINST THE SUMERIAN CITY-STATES AND UNITED THEM BY CONQUEST. HE WAS HISTORY'S SECOND GREAT EMPIRE BUILDER. HIS REALM EXTENDED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
OLD AKKADIAN PERIOD A TIME IN WHICH AKKADIAN, THE SEMITIC LANGUAGE, BEGAN TO REPLACE THE SUMERIAN LANGUAGE.
WHO WAS UR-NAMMU AND WHAT DID HE DO? CAME TO THE THRONE OF UR ABOUT 2100 B.C. FOUNDED THE THIRD DYNASTY OF UR. DEVELOPED THE WORLD'S MOST ANCIENT LAW CODE.
THE GOLDEN AGE OF UR REFERS TO - A PROSPEROUS TIME DURING WHICH THE PEOPLE OF UR THRIVED AND DEVELOPED. ABRAHAM LIVED THERE AROUND 2,000 B.C.
DEFINE CULTURE THE WAY OF LIFE OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE
CIVILIZATION WHEN A PEOPLE'S CULTURE INCLUDES: DIVISION OF LABOR, WRITTEN LANGUAGE, CODE OF LAWS, ORGANIZED GOVERNMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND MASTER OVER THE FOOD SUPPLY.
NAME SOME TALENTS OF THE SUMERIANS EDUCATORS - ESTABLISHED THE FIRST SCHOOLS (math, science). SKILLED CRAFTMEN IN SCULPTING, IRON/METAL WORKING AND TEXTILES. ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS OF ZIGGURATS. TRADED WITH OTHER NATIONS. THEY ESTABLISHED A RULING GOVERNMENT ALSO.
NOBLES WERE THE RULING PRINCES, THEIR FAMILIES, ALACE ADMINISTRATORS, AND PRIESTS OF TEMPLES. OWNED LARGE ESTATES.
COMMONERS FREE CITIZENS WHO LIVED IN EXTENDED PATRIARCHAL FAMILIES. OWNED AND WORKED THEIR OWN PLOTS OF GROUND.
SLAVES THOSE CAPTIVE AND FORCED INTO LABOR.
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