Paleolithic Era
What was the Paleolithic Age also known as?
What is the Stone Age
What did humans develop in this time?
They developed agriculture, began domesticating animals, and starting building permanent settlements.
Where is the akkadian empire, what was it formed into and how?
It is North of Sumer, and the city-states were brought together under one rule, forming an empire
Individual city states returned after the fall of the Akkadian empire.
What did the code contain? Who were they written by and on what?
What were humans in hunter-gatherer societies called?
What is cultural diffusion?
The process by which ideas, behaviors and cultural traits spread from one group to another, either within the same culture or across different cultures.
What did the Akkadian empire include?
It included all of Mesopotamia, and lands almost to the mediterranean sea.
What did Hammurabi do with his military?
He used his military to conquer Sumer and Akkad.
What was the structure of the code like?
It was very detailed and each offense received a particular punishment, each different from the other.
What does..
BCE
CE
BC
AD
stand for?
BCE- before common era
CE- common era
BC- before christ
AD- anno domini ( in the year of our lord )
What did arts imply?
Statues, sculptures and other forms of art imply that people had the time to be creative and express their culture.
Where did the power in the city states go?
It was delegated to governors who reported to the central government of the empire.
What happens after Hammurabi dies?
The empire doesn't last very long after he dies, but they continued to influence civilization through its practice of written laws.
What did the code consist of?
What are cave paintings?
They are realistic drawings of large animals.
What is specializations of labor?
It is when people develop different skills to serve different needs or wants of a community or civilization.
What did Sargon the Great do?
He led military campaigns that united the city-states and maintained their unity.
What was Babylon known for? What was the most famous one?
Babylon was known for their arts and architecture, the most famous of which was the Babylonian Hanging Gardens.
What was Hammurabi's code? When was it written? What was it written on?
They used it to migrate into the americas from china and it was during the last ice age ( c. 100,000 - 8,000 BCE )
What is an artisan?
What happens to the Akkadian Empire in the end?
It fell from outside attacks, but continued to influence other empires and provide a model for future conquerors.
How do we know about the Hanging Gardens?
We know about them through various recordings of their beauty, but have no record of exactly how they were built.
What did Hammurabi's code reveal about society in ancient mesopotamia under the Babylonian empire.
It was unfair, women didn't have much power and people of lower rank or social class would receive way worse punishments than one who was ranked higher.