Words & Definitions
A centralized society with developed forms of religion, ways of governing, and learning.
What is a civilization?
Name the southern part of Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer (soo-mer)?
Sumer was made up of these.
What are city-states?
This was lacking between city-states so they put up these.
What are natural boundaries and pillars?
Tell the difference between Mesopotamian belief and Abraham's belief.
What is Abraham believed in one god where as the Mesopotamian people believed in many gods?
Extra supply.
What is surplus?
The greatest advancement for the Sumers.
What is the wheel?
Many wars were fought for these reasons.
What is protect farmlands and enlarge them?
This is a new invention created by the craftsmen. Describe it.
What is a war chariot? A two wheeled cart pulled by horses.
Phoenicians were skilled at this and masters of what.
What is ship building and navigation?
"An eye for an eye"
What is the belief that whoever caused an injury should be punished with the same injury?
Describe how the wheel was made and how they made it last longer.
What is attaching boards together and rounding them off.. What is covering the rims with pieces of copper?
This caused a division of labor.
What is a surplus of food?
Name the first known conqueror and what city state he eventually killed the king of.
What is Sargon and where is Kish?
The spreading of new ideas to other places.
What is cultural diffusion?
Define city-state.
What is a place that includes a city and the farmlands?
Tell me what a ziggurat is and its purpose.
What is a huge mud-brick temple that Sumer people would worship in?
Name and describe the classes of Sumer.
What is the highest class, middle class, and slave?
Highest class were kings, priests, and important leaders
Middle class was based on property owned or standing within the community
Slaves were prisoners of war or being punished for a crime.
Name the two strong centers of power that Akkad feel to.
What is Assyria and Babylonia?
Originally traders relied on doing this instead of money. Tell me the issue with this method.
What is bartering and two people could make a deal if each had a good or service the other wanted?
Define Monarchy.
What is one person who has complete authority to rule in peacetime and lead soldiers in wartime?
Name the two gods discussed in the reading and what they were gods of.
What is the god of wind, storm, and rain named Enlil?
What is the god of waters and wisdom named Ea?
Tell me how the women of Sumer were different than women of their time.
What is they were allowed to own property, divorce cruel husbands, and own businesses?
The Assyrian people wanted to bring their lands together. Tell me what they did to achieve this.
What is built a system of roads?
This was developed when traders used money to buy and sell goods.
What is a money economy?