What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between rivers
Buy and sell slaves
Operate businesses
Own property
What is the phrase used to describe the harsh punishments?
"Eye for an eye"
Sargon I
What type of religion does the Epic of Gilgamesh show that the Sumerians had?
What two rivers are in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What are 2 Sumerian inventions?
Wagon wheel
Arches
Potter's wheel
Number system
12 month calendar
Eye poked out; same done to you
Son strikes father, fingers cut off
Builder builds a house; his son dies
What empire came to power after the Akkadians?
What human-like quality do the Sumerian gods have in the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Human emotions
What is the oldest system of writing called?
Cuneiform
What do kings also serve as?
How many laws are part of Hammurabi's Code?
282
Which empire invented chariots and iron weapons?
Hittites
What can the flood story in the Epic of Gilgamesh be compared to?
Noah's Ark
What are pyramid-like temples with steps leading closer to the heavens called?
Ziggurats
What 3 things do city-states share in common?
Religion, Language, Culture
What impacted the consequence of Hammurabi's laws?
Social class
What empire made the first libraries?
Assyrians
What is the ultimate goal of Gilgamesh on his journey?
To gain immortality
What is a city-state?
A city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit
What type of government did the Sumerian city-states have?
Theocracy
What is 1 thing that Hammurabi accomplished BESIDES for his system of laws?
Reorganized tax system
Organized strong government
Made Babylon a major trade center
Increased economic prosperity
What empire created the first real alphabet?
Phoenicians
4000+ years