enduring issue
what is cooperation?
working together
Babylonian Social Classes
Free-Born Men, Free-Born Women, Slaves
agriculture
The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain
polytheism
belief in more than one god
fertile crescent
Interconnectedness?
being connected with each other through communication, technology, trade.
Babylonian economy?
agriculture
culture
Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
city-state
A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
name the sumerian writing system?
cuneiform
Scarcity?
Limited resources.
Women in Babylon
1. More rights than most in ancient societies
2. could own property
3. keep their own money
4. Could NOT choose their own husbands
turning point
the point in a work in which a very
Ten Commandments
A set of laws for responsible behavior, which, according to the Bible, were given to Moses by God.
the first written laws for people to follow were known as
code of hammurabi's
Ideas and Beliefs?
religion and customs
torah
The first five books of Jewish Scripture, which they believe are by Moses, are called this
River Valley
a type of civilization that developed near or around a major river and considered the earliest known large human civilizations
Jewish Diaspora
the scattering of the Jewish people outside their homeland beginning about 586 BCE
a city and surrounding land with its own government that is not part of any larger unit called
city state
innovation?
a new way of doing something
Judaism
A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament.
revolution
a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.
surplus
the name for the fertile piece of land that lies between the two rivers
mesopotamia