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WHAP Ch. 2
Stack #150142
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mesopotamians lived in the fertile valley between:___________:where they grew:_______,________, and __________. | Tigris&Euphrates : barley, wheat, peas |
| This increased : | food supply and population, attracted migrants |
| Sumerians were the first _______, by ______________ they were building fancy irrigation systems. | migrants, 5000BCE |
| 3000BCE, __________ inhabitants, dominant people in ______________ | 1,000,000, Mesopotamia |
| New arrivals, ___________language. Intermarried and adapted ways | semetic |
| 4000 BCE, built ____________ | World's first cities |
| Centers of ___________ and __________autority, ________, ________, _____and ____________ centers | military and political, trade, marketplaces, cultural, religious |
| 3200-2350, _____, _______, ____________, and _________ and others dominated public affairs | Ur, Uruk, Babylon, Kish |
| internally, cities _______________________ and ensure ______________________ | tried to maintain order, people cooperated on community projects |
| City-states- oversaw surrounding ____ regions since the wer important to city life | agricultural |
| ________, ______, and ____________- used labor of cities | palaces, temples, defense walls |
| _________, step pyramids- house temples/alters | ziggurats |
| more important were ______________________- more ______ and ____________ as population grew | irrigation systems, canals, reservoirs |
| govt had power to | order thousands of laborers to work |
| externally- ____________of cities attracted invaders, govt had to organize ________________and _________ | wealth, building walls, train military |
| gov't probably had ______ of prominent men | assemblies |
| Course of Empire: first empire builder- _______________, 2334 BC- had been minister to the king of _________ organized coup (overthrow of gov't) | sargon of akkad, Kish, |
| new major conqueror was _________of Babylon | Hammurabi |
| ___________________-compiled laws from others and created some of his own | Hammurabi's Code |
| estimated ___________ of ____ and sever pinishment | high standards of living |
| _____________-law of retaliation- an eye for an eye | lex talionis |
| 1595 BCE- __________ (modern ______) conquered Babylonian empire (anatola __________) | Hittites, Turkey, Turkey |
| order returned in 18000's BCE with the ________ | assyrians |
| _________ used to strengthen their armies had them purshing into Syria, Palestine, and most of egypt | iron weapons |
| by mid _________'s, other groups had advanced _________________ and _________, and ______________were absorbed into other empires | 500, weapons and technique, mesopotamians |
| ______, _______, __________, __________, __________, __________, __________- all occupations of earliest cities | pottery, textiles, woodworking, leather production, brickmaking, stonecutting, masonry |
| Metallurgical innovations- one of most important devopments due to _____________________ | specialized labor |
| in neolithic times, __________ into tools and jewelry | copper |
| too ___ for weapon or hard work tool | soft |
| 1300 BCE- ___ created fir strong _____ tools, cheaper and more available | Hittites, iron |
| 3500 BCE- first ______ | wheel |
| 3500 BCE- built __ that allowed them to trade | boats |
| 2300 BCE- trading as far away as ________ | India |
| early mesopotamia, ruling classes were _______and _______, gained it by _____- first elected by _______, soon to be ________ | kings and nobles, people, hereditary |
| became _____ that developed into _________ of _______ | legends, offspring of gods |
| next on scale were _______and __________ | priests an priestesses |
| their job was to ________with _______ to ___________ | intervene with gods, ensure good things for their people |
| could also store _________ in _______ | money in temples |
| what was money in mesopotamia | grain |
| farmers, professionals, artists | free commoners |
| worked for others | dependent clients |
| slave | came from prisoners of war, convicted criminals, debtors, could earn freedom |
| men led families, decided what work family members would do | patriarchal society |
| arrange______ | marriages |
| sell _______ AND _____ into slavery to pay off debts | wives and kids |
| adultress wives were__ | killed by drowning |
| some women _______ ________, got _______, could be ___, _____, and _______________ | high priestesses, got education, could be scribes,shopkeepers, and bakers |
| women needed to be | virgins |
| what could they not do | socialize with men |
| by 1500 BC, they had to wear | veils |
| world's earlies writing- | pictographs |
| need to keep records of | trade and tazes |
| reed used to impress symbols on wet clay (_______) | stylus, cuniform/hardened clay |
| 3000 BC- __ was necesasry for society to function | literacy |
| prepare accurate calendars | astonomy |
| didvied year into __________ months, hours into ___ mins, into _______ secs | 12, 60, 60 |
| branch of hebrews settled in ________ | israelites, palestine |
| descended from southern israelites in kingdom of ______ | jews, judah |
| nomadic herders who settled in | hebrews, Mesopotamia |
| 12 loose _____ (israelites) fought with others in area | tribes |
| brought all under ____ rule under a _________ | unified, king |
| moses believed in ________, one god, __________-creater of universe | monotheism, yahweh |
| ____________ set out laws | 10 commandments |
| __________ ___________ led to sepearation, Isreal in ____ and Judah in ______ | tribal conflict, north, south |
| hebrew leaders compiled teachings in to ___, outline for creating world (1st 5 books of bible) | torah |
| Assyrians forced Jews into ____ | exile |
| they kept their _____ and many returned as _____ | religious identity, jews |
| would influence _____ and __________ | christianity and islam |
| phoenicians- called themselves _______ from land of _________ | canaanites, canaan |
| greeks called them_________ | phoenicians |
| interested more in _ and _ than in _________ | trade and commerce , conquest |
| turned to trade- _____ ___, _____, __, and __ | metal goods, textiles, pottery, and glass |
| first to develop | purple from a mollusk |
| built excellent | ships |
| extablished colonies around the | Mediterranean |
| by 1500 bce, developed_ with _ constants, no ________ | alphabet, 22, vowels |
| their writing spread as they | traded |
| 9th cent. bce, ___ adapted and added vowels | greeks |
| __ adapted the greeks and passed it on to europe | romans |
| _, sacred language of india, old persian, greek and latin | sanskrit |
| modern discendants include ___, ______, and most _______ languages | Hindi, Farsi, european |
| believed it was impossible for all languages to develop _____ | independently |
| believe that speakers were all descendants of ____ who spoke a common language and _______ | ancenstors, migrated |
| as the lost touch, language developed --------- | differently |
| kept basic _and much of ____, but had different __ and different _______ | structure, vocabulary, pronunciations, spellings |
| original homeland of indo-european was ___ region of modern day _ and south _________ | steppe, ukraine, russia |
| built society between ___and______ bce | 4500, 2500 |
| first to domesticate ________ | horses |
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