Skills and tools people use meet their basic needs and wants; stone tools with a sharp edge or point; fire
What is Old Stone Age Technology?
100
Writing allows stories to be passed down from generation to generation unchanged.
Why is writing important to culture?
100
When Hammurabi’s code was created, there were so many laws that even if there weren't 282 in the code, people wouldn't be able to remember even more than 100 laws, and many of those laws/rules end in murder for the violator.
What is the importance of written law that has to do with Hammurabi's code?
100
It helped with laws (Hammurabi’s Code), instructions and stories for religion (The Bible, Moabite Stone), and stories for remembering how to do things.
What is the importance of Cuniform to culture?
100
2 Questions in one!
1) Population centers that are relatively larger than towns and villages.
2) A structured group of rulers or ruler that takes on large projects, such as creating laws and distributing food.
What is a city and an organized government?
200
In east Africa; built along the Nile River and Nile Delta; good soil for farming up to 10 miles from the Nile; surrounded by desert
What is Geography of Egypt?
200
Mesopotamia is in the fertile crescent, meaning it surrounded by water, which made the soil very fertile and that soil is very good for farming.
What is the order of Egyptian's Social Pyramid from lowest class to greatest?
200
The diaspora lasted until 1948, when the first and only state with a greater percentage Jewish people than not was founded. Before then, it was hard for people to convert to Judaism since there was no actual state as its center. Dispersion of Jews.
What is Jewish diaspora?
200
3 in 1!
1) a system of beliefs, rituals and traditions worshipping god(s) and/or goddesses.
2) a system where people have different job functions.
3) a ranked group in a society determined by economic standing or job
What is Complex Religion, Job specialization, Social class
300
Surrounded by mountains, "Land between rivers", between Euphrates and Tigris Rivers; In Fertile Crescent in modern day Iraq, Turkey, Syria
What is Geography of Mesopotamia?
300
With writing, people could keep records on many things, such as taxes and earnings.
What is writing's effect on the economy?
300
Judaism doesn't seek converts, Conversion is difficult, There was Jewish Diaspora, and Violence against jews.
Why doesn't Judaism spread fast?
300
Jews do not go out and try to find people to convert, Rabbis have people come to them so that the convert really thinks about converting, not just agreeing on the spot to join and not taking it seriously.
How does a person convert to Judaism?
300
The civilization(s) that were polytheistic, had fertile soil, and had rivers to trade and sail along.
What are Egypt and Sumer (similarities)?
400
Monotheistic; Prophet Abraham; Old Testament/Torah; Torah is sacred text
What is Israelite Uniqueness?
400
The code covers civil law (laws dealing with private matters such as contracts, inheritance, taxes, marriage) and criminal law (laws dealing with offenses against others like robbery, assault or murder).
What are the relationships of laws in Hammurabi's code to each other?
400
Conversion is difficult, Religion doesn't seek converts, the Jewish Diaspora, and Violence against jews.
What are 4 reasons that Judaism hasn't spread ?
400
Some people at that time might have been afraid to commit to the religion, because they didn’t want to be killed or injured, and even today someone could be worried about being persecuted for their beliefs. There have also been many more times that Jews have been targeted and put at risk, that have made people afraid to convert or stay loyal to Judaism.
Why is violence against jews a reason that judaism hasn't spread (persecution)?
400
The civilization(s) in the Fertile Crescent, Merchants and sailors were not as respected as others, and Men had more rights, women had hardly any.
What is Sumer (differences)?
500
The desert is another all of protection against invaders.
What is the benefit of having a desert around Egypt?
500
Slaves are almost always blamed for everything; they are punished, hurt or sometimes killed
Women tend to be treated as ‘lesser’
Men are usually the head of the household, property and other things that they own
What is the use of power in Hammurabi's code?
500
It helped with laws (Hammurabi’s Code), instructions and stories for religion (The Bible, Moabite Stone), and stories for remembering how to do things. It allowed things to be passed on from generation to generation.
Why is cuneiform important to culture.
500
Noah's ark may have been based off of the great floods that came annually. There was an island in Mesopotamia that resembled the a place in the Bible. The oldest form of the Torah was written here.
What is the Mesopotamian influence on modern day religion?
500
The civilization(s) that is in Africa, along a river (Nile), Merchants and sailors were respected as high as others, Women had more rights, but not as many as men