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History Quiz #1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| characteristics of a civilzation | * advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping and writing, advanced technology |
| advanced cities | * key features of ancient civilizations * centers of political, economic, and religious life |
| specialized workers | * food surplus allowed people to specialize in jobs beside agriculture * artisans, traders, and soldiers |
| complex institutions | * law codes, religion and an economy * they were organized, united, and helped civilizations prosper |
| record keeping & writing | * rulers recorded laws * priests could write down rituals to follow * merchants could record trade |
| advanced technology | * civilizations developed new ways of doing work with new materials to work with such as metal * developed tools to make work easier * made calendars to be more orderly |
| advanced cities example | * akkad * babylon * ur |
| specialized workers example | * construction worker * an army * craftsman |
| complex institutions example | * schools * government * organized religion |
| record keeping & writing example | * an alphabet * number system * cuneiform |
| advanced technology example | * irrigation canals * bronze tools * the wheel |
| what does mesopotamia mean? | between rivers |
| what land surrounded the tigris & euphrates rivers | the fertile crescent |
| pros and cons of regular flooding | pro - provided fertile silt for farmland con - unpredictable |
| farmers built what to control seasonal floods | dams and channels |
| what was used to bring water to fields | irrigation |
| what was the first major civilization in mesopotamia | sumer ( about 4500 BCE) |
| social structure (from bottom to top) | captured slaves, peasant farmers, merchant/artists/scribes, rulers and priests |
| the epic of gilgamesh | a long poem about a king who travels the world, performs good deeds & searches for a way to live forever |
| polytheistic | belief in many gods |
| theocracy | religious leader also lead government |
| ziggural | large pyramid-like temple at city's center |
| cuneiform | pictographic writing system, push a wedge into clay tablets.,symbols pictures/sounds/ideas |
| technology? | used basic math and geometry based on 60 (60 minute hour; 360 circle) |
| invaders? | * sumerians overtaken by akkadians around 2270 BCE * 1900 the assyrians rise to power * babylonians take control of mespotamia |
| hammurabi? | * babylonian king from 1792 to 1750 BCE * controls all of mesopotamia * hammurabi's code (282 laws) |
| persian empire? | * founded by cyrus the great in 6th century BC * largest empire |
| city-state | a small independent city with a government |
| babylonia | * ancient city in central south mesopotamia * the capital is babylon |
| mesopotamia | a small region within the tigris and euphrates river |
| stele | a large pillar-like stone |
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