Mesopotamia
Who controlled the government, before the kings took control by force.
Priests
The king here ruled as a God on Earth, what is the historical word for this types of goverment.
Theocracy
This group was divided into 12 self governing tribes, is the Phoenicians or Hebrews?
Hebrews
They were organized into a monarchy, but gave control over _______ of the island to wealthy merchants/families.
Areas/ Regions
Organized into dynasties, ruled by a royal family, which group was given land by the kings?
Noble familes/wealthy merchants
What was the name for the earliest set of laws, created by this civilization?
This Civilization stressed the importance of the afterlife, what was the name of the god of the afterlife?
Osiris
The Hebrews were famous for an exquisite purple dye, being polytheistic and revolving around nature- as well as being seafarers. True or False?
False, all of those are facts about the Phoenicians
They were polytheistic and became well known for which process of their religion?
They sacrificed bulls and other animals.
Family was closely tied to the religion, what was the belief that ancestors could do?
That ancestors would bring you good or bad luck.
What is a ziggurat?
A stepped pyramid that was used as a place ofp worship.
What was the role of women in this society?
This was the first where women and men were viewed as equals.
The Code of Hammurabi is often viewed as similair to which set of religious laws?
The Ten Commandments
What does the term polytheistic mean?
They worshipped many gods.
What was the name of their supreme deity?
Shang Di
This Civilization developed the earliest form of writing, what was it called?
Cuneiform
Why was the Nile River so important to this civilization?
The Nile gave them basic necessities. They used it for food, trade, animals, it made the soil great for agriculture.
This group created a phonetic writing system using symbols, or an alphabet.
They developed two types of writing, one has never been deciphered, one became the basis for the Greek alphabet. What are their names?
Linear A has never been deciphered in all of human history. Linear B later became the basis of the Greek alphabet or Mycenae.
This civilization was the first to leave what?
Written records, recorded history, and details of events.
The famous story about a great flood orginated here, what was it named?
The Epic of Gilgamesh, the flood story
While the pyramids where great strcutures, they served a simple purpose. What was it?
They were tombs for the Phoaroahs.
This group practiced serving only one god, what is the term for this? And which group is it?
Monotheism/ Monotheistic
Hebrews
What mythological creature comes from the Minoans?
The minotaur.
This civilization was most famous for what?
Producing silk, and the trade route to there that became the silk road.