Mesopotamia
What does Mesopotamia mean?
The land between the rivers
What jobs could women have in society? Name at least 2
Caregivers, writers, and priestesses
Order the civilizations after Ur:
- Kassites
- Chaldeans
- Babylonians
- Hittites
- Assyrians
1. Babylonians
2. Hittities
3. Kassites
4. Assyrians
5. Chaldeans
What did the Phoenicians use the stars to do?
The Phoenicians used the stars to establish directions at sea
What reaction did the people Cyrus the Great conquered have? Why?
The people did not revolt against Cyrus because he was kind and let them keep their own customs
Why is Mesopotamia ideal for farming?
It is a flat plain between rivers
What was it called when Sumerian society was divided by class or rank?
Social hierarchy
What is the most important contribution of the Babylonians?
The Babylonians wrote down laws that everyone can see using Hammurabi's code
What were the major exports of Phoenicia?
purple cloth and cedar timber
Why did the Persians invade Greece?
The Persians invaded to punish the Greek city-states for supporting other Greeks who rebelled against Persia.
What was the system Mesopotamians used to control water?
An irrigation system
What were some important Sumerian inventions? Name at least 2
The wheel, cylinder stamps, sewers, cuneiform
What is the most important contribution of the Assyrians?
The Assyrians established a library containing legal, medical, religious, and literary texts
What was the name of the star that the Phoenicians used to navigate?
Polaris
What are Cyrus the Great's most important achievements? List at least 2
1. Leading a revolt against Medes
2. Building an unstoppable army
3. Conquering much of southwest and central Asia
What did a surplus allow to happen?
People could specialize in different jobs
What was the order of social hierarchy?
- farmers and laborers
- slaves
- kings and queens
- merchants, traders, and craftspeople
- priests and priestesses
1. kings and queens
2. priests and priestesses
3. merchants, traders, and craftspeople
4. farmers and laborers
5. slaves
What is the most important contribution of the Hittites?
The Hittites contributed mastering ironworking to make the strongest weapons of the time
What invention did the Phonecians have that made complex ideas in writing easier to convey?
An alphabet
What are Darius I's most important achievements? List at least 2
1. Building Persepolis
2. Standardizing currency
3. Making 20 provinces
4. Constructing roads including the Royal Road
What order did Mesopotamia develop? Order the following:
- villages formed
- farm settlements formed
- hunter gatherers settled on land
- civilization formed
- people learned to plant crops and grow food
1. hunter gatherers settled on land
2. people learned to plant crops and grow food
3. farm settlements formed
4. villages formed
5. civilization formed
How did the Sumerians system of math help to create 12 months?
They based their math on the number 60 and 12 is a factor of 60
What is the most important contribution of the Chaldeans?
The Chaldeans contributed charting the position of the stars
What effect did geography have on the Phoenician economy?
The Phoenicians used their natural recourses to trade due to their closeness to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is Xerxes most important achievement?
Invading Greece but being defeated at Salamis