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The Fertile Crescent

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What are the two main rivers in the Fertile Crescent? Tigris and the Euphrates
What is the source of the two rivers? Nearby Mountains northeast of rivers
What does Mesopotamia mean? Land Between two rivers.
Why were the Tigris River and the Euphrates River unpredictable. It did not flood as often as the Nile river Source of both rivers were in Turkey which did not have a reliable rainy season Large distance between rivers and Turkey which could lead to flash floods.
What are flashfloods A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas which is caused by intense rainfall from a thunderstorm of several thunderstorms.
What is surplus. Producing more that what is needed.
What is specialization? Trained to do a particular job.
What is barter? Trading without money-Type pf trade the Mesopotamian di.
Drought A lack of water caused by long periods of dry wether
Famine A severe of lack of food-No crops/food people starve
Describe the cause and effect of drought and famine Dry Weather --> drought --> Crops die --> No harvest --> famine --> death
What part of mesopotamia was sumer located? Southeastern
What is the difference between city-state goverment and centralized goverment? City states --> own rulers, laws, traditions Centralized --> 1 rules, same laws ect. in region
The impenitent Sumerian City- states did NOT like each other Why? (What did they fight over?) The fought over water.
Where did people start to settle and in what year? Southern Mesopotania-Became known as sumer Around 4000 B.C.
What population did these cities reach? Cities reached around 10,000-along Tigris and Euphrates river.
Each City was a center of an independent city-state. What is a city-state? A city and its surrounding area that has its own goverment, laws, and leaders
What type of goverment did they have City state goverment --> City States have their own rulers, laws, traditions. They do not have a centralized Government which t is 1 ruler and the same laws
What did they city stated fight over? Over water
What are ziggurats? They were temples.
Were zigguramts built and why? A stairway to hevan
Were the sumerians polytheistic or monotheistic? Polythistic
What were the Sumeriants temples are called? Ziggurants
What were the ziggurants made out of? Mud Brick
We listens to some of the story of Gilgamesh in social studies
Give at least one detail from the story and the one reason is inportant
What was the Sumerian writing called Cuneiform
What is the name of the tool used to write cuneiform? styles
What was cuneiform written on? Clay tablets
By using the strategy "divide and conquer Babylon took control of what group of city states? Sumerian City-States
Describe the hanging gardens of Babylon. Built by Nebachanezzer for wife. Beautiful, wonder of the ancient world, lush garden on Ziggurat
Babylon had very strong goverment
Who was great ruler Hammurabi—United the city-statesstrong ruler
Code oh hammurabi? Laws of Babylon
Who gave him this code laws Shamash-Sun God
Why is the code important? First time laws were written down- “handed to Hammurabi by the gods”(Shamash) -
What is happening in pic? Shamash giving laws to Hammurabi
What is the capital of Assyria? Ashur ( also name of God)
Assyrins were great warriors.
What Weapond famous Chariots and Iron Weapons
Judaism mono or polly? Monotheistic
Who was leader? Abraham
What was name Canaan
Why did they leave? Famine
What did they do? Enslaved them
Who led them out of slavery? Moses
Who gave Moses commanedts God
Where did they settle? Israel
Who was king solomon? When they eventually settled in Israel, King Solom was a famous leader who was wise and promoted peace
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