Ancient Mesopotamia
The first civilization in Ancient Mesopotamia
Large structures used as final resting places for pharaohs
What are pyramids?
System of ranking in which people are able to move up or down the social ladder
What is an open system of stratification?
Largest civilization in the Indus river valley
What is Mohenjo Daro?
The holy book for Islam
What is the Qur'an?
A form of writing using wedge shapes and clay tablets
What is cuneiform?
What did the Nile river thriving symbolize to Egyptians?
What is happy Gods?
A society in which you are born into your class and all rankings are based on your last name
What is a caste system?
Modern day location of Mohenjo Daro
What is Pakistan?
A set of beliefs that Christians and Jews live by
What are the Ten Commandments?
The two rivers located on either side of Ancient Mesopotamia
What are the Euphrates and Tigris rivers?
The part of the Pyramid where the pharaoh was put.
What is the King's chamber?
Ranking in society is often based on these three things
What is wealth, prestige, and power?
The conspiracy many believe regarding the destruction of the city
What is a nuclear bomb?
List the four Noble Truths
What is all life is suffering, all suffering is caused by desire, desire must be removed to end suffering, and once desire is gone one may reach Nirvana.
The propose of Hammurabi's code
What is defining criminal acts and punishing violators?
Two Gods that commonly worked together to hear the poor and help them
Who are Amun and Ra?
What is the functional theory?
The greatest known buildings of Mohenjo Daro (There should be 2)
What is the Great Bath and the Great Granary?
List the five pillars of Islam
What is Profession of faith, pray 5 times a day, alms-giving, fast during Ramadan, and Pilgrimage to Mecca?
Describe religion in Ancient Mesopotamia (Short answer please)
Mesopotamia is polytheistic, they believe in more than one God. The Gods they worship are very ill-willed and temperamental. They are very harsh and quick to punish. Mesopotamians send their lives trying to please their Gods so that they will be blessed with plentiful crops. One of their most common punishments is floods. (Remember Mesopotamia is in between two rivers.)
Describe the importance of the pyramid's shape (Short answer please)
what is an optical illusion where the sun's rays were split as a nod to Ra? This was believed to help the pharaohs soul ascend to heaven and join the Gods. They were also very large as a sign of the Pharaoh's power.
Describe the conflict theory (Short answer please)
What is a theory stating that social stratification is the result of scare resources and competition for those resources, because of this competition not everyone can have the best of the best?
Describe the city's planning (short answer please)
What is a very well planned out city? It was on a street grid. Homes were all grouped together similar to a subdivision and the city had a very well thought out sewage system in homes.
Describe the afterlife from a Muslim point of view
What is the last day? A day where Allah will rise and all will rise from the dead to be judged. They will be judged on their deeds. Once judged they will either be sent to Paradise, where they will experience physical and spiritual pleasure forever, or they will go to hell. In hell, there are 7 doors, each leading to a more torturous place. Hell has lots of fire and even a "window" where they may see paradise. Those who are not Muslim will stay in hell forever.