Dates, Dates, and More Dates
When was AGRICULTURE invented?
10,000 BCE
What does Paleolithic mean?
Old Stone Age
Lascaux Cave (France)
Altamira Cave (Spain)
What is a city state?
An independent city that acts as a small separate country
What is Prehistory?
The history of the world before writing
What are the dates of the Sumerian empire?
4000 BCE – 1750 BCE
What does Neolithic mean?
New Stone Age
What was cave drawing paint made out of?
Charcoal
Red clay
Dark minerals mixed with liquids
What does Mesopotamia mean?
The Land Between Two Rivers
What does BCE stand for?
Before Common Era
What are the dates of the Babylonian empire?
1894 BCE– 539 BCE
Paleolithic people were egalitarian, which means what?
Meaning all people are equal
What is a Ziggurat used for?
large pyramid temple structure where religion and worship takes place
OR
where mesopotamians believed the gods lived
What is the name of the Mesopotamian writing system?
Cuneiform
What does domestication mean?
taming, breeding, and farming animals instead of hunting
For what years did Sargon the Great reign?
2334 BCE – 2279 BCE
What does “Nomadic” mean?
What is the Standard of Ur?
4,600 years old
Sumerian
Wooden Box decorated with shell, red limestone, and lapis lazuli
Decorated in Mosaics
Name TWO inventions / achievements from Mesopotamia
Astronomy
Cuneiform
Code of Hammurabi
60 Base Math Code
Irrigation
Wheel and Axle
What does Anthropomorphic mean?
Gods have human flaws and features
For what years did Nebuchadnezzar II reign?
605 BCE – 562 BCE
Name TWO characteristic’s of the Neolithic era
No written texts
Tools are made of basic stone, wood, or bone
Mainly got food through hunting and gathering
Tools were long ranged weapons
There is a ton of cave art for (we will look at some tomorrow)
What is the Ishtar Gate?
Built in 575 BCE
King Nebuchadnezzar II
Babylonian
50 ft high and 100 ft wide
Glazed blue bricks
Animal relief
Lions to symbolize Ishtar
Wild bulls to symbolize Adad
Dragons to symbolize Marduk
What is the Code of Hammurabi
The first time laws were written dow
What is a theocracy?
form of government where religious leaders rule in the name of a higher power