Civilization in Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
War and Peace
War and Peace
Israelites, Phoenicians, and Lydians
100
culture with well developed forms of govt., rel., writing and learning
What is a culture?
100
when group leaders could not agree on what to do, Sumerian city-states formed this new government
What is a monarchy?
100
to take over the land of others
What is to conquer?
100
using this means of travel, the Assyrians used this to conquer their neighbors
What is a chariot?
100
Abram's belief in a one supreme being
What is monotheism?
200
use of skills to make a product
What is technology?
200
people who buy and sell goods for a living
What is are merchants?
200
This Assyrian king attacked and destroyed 46 cities and forced 200,000 into slavery in 721 BC.
Who is Sennacherib?
200
an agreement with God
What is a covenant?
300
Sumerian buildings that were actually temple towers that developed gradually over time
What is a ziggurat?
300
a person who knew how to write
What is a scribe?
300
Hammurabi set this system up to pay the expenses of his government
What is taxation?
300
Mesopotamia's first emeror
Who is Sargon?
300
Before the innovation of coined money, traders relied on this to exchange one good or service for another
What is barter?
400
organized system that groups use to make laws and decisions
What is a government?
400
groups with different levels of importance
What are social classes?
400
Hammurabi's code consisted of 282 laws divided into these 3 categories
What are family, trade and work?
400
Sargon did this in Akkad to show that he had built an empire.
What is tearing down city walls?
400
spreading of new ideas to other places
What is cultural diffusion?
500
city or village and its surrounding farmlands with its own leaders and government
What is a city-state?
500
new ways of doing something
What are innovations?
500
fair treatment under the law
What is equal justice?
500
This code of Hammurabi said that whoever injured someone should be punished in the same way.
What is "an eye for an eye"?
500
on a mountain in this desert, God gave Moses the Ten Commandments
What is Sinai?
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