Mesopotamia
Process for embalming/preserving a dead body.
What is Mummification?
Which form of government is led by rulers who are considered to be divinely guided and are sometimes seen as gods themselves?
What is a Theocracy?
Which 3 natural resources are required for farming?
What is Fertile Soil, Water, and Cleared/Flat Land?
What are some characteristics of Hammurabi's Code?
What is strict, harsh, clear, "an eye for an eye"
What was their system of writing?
What is cuneiform
What was their system of writing?
What is Hieroglyphics?
What term best describes a series of rulers from the same family or bloodline?
What is a Dynasty?
Mesopotamia is the land that lies between which two rivers?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
What was the original purpose of the Sumerian Writing form, Cuneiform?
What is to keep track of trade?
To believe in more than one God.
What is polytheism?
What River provided Egypt a reliable source of water for drinking and farming?
What is the Nile River?
What term best describes a system where rulers gain and keep power through force, often through use of the military?
What is Tyranny?
Which 2 landforms are not ideal for settling a civilization around:
1. Rivers
2. Mountains
3. Deserts
4. Seas
What are Mountains and Deserts?
In a Sumerian Society (Mesopotamia) what role/job was on the top of their social hierarchy?
What were Priests?
A walled City plus the surrounding farmland.
What is a city-state?
This is an Egyptian Tomb for a Pharoah.
A king who ruled on Earth as a God.
Who is a Pharoah?
Regarding Rivers, Mesopotamia's largest challenge.
What is that they had to manage unpredictable floodings.
What is the oldest known legal system?
What is Hammurabi's Code or The Code of Hammurabi
What Dynasty overthrew the Shang?
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
What is a Monarchy?
What are 3 major bodies of water that are around Mesopotamia?
What is the Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf, Tigris River, Euphrates River, Red Sea, Caspian Sea?
The spreading of ideas, religion, and culture amongst civilizations.
What is Cultural Diffusion?