Misc
An epic poem from Mesopotamia, and among the earliest known works of literary writing.
writing that uses wedge-shaped characters
Cuneiform
The sixth Babylonian king, reigning from 1792 BCE to 1750 BCE
Hammurabi
A _____ for a _____
eye
Mr. Rohrman played these sports when he was in high school.
Football, basketball, track and field
The two main rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top
Ziggurat
"The father of the Hebrews." Migrated from Mesopotamia to Canaan. Started the Convenient with Yahweh (God)
Abraham
Babylonia believed in how many Gods?
Multiple (polytheistic)
Mr. Rohrman's favorite big time college sports team.
University of Oregon
This ancient civilization controlled flood waters by inventing this
Irrigation
Ancient people who lived in the geographic region of Sumer
Sumerians
King of the Egyptian gods
Amun-Ra
This law in Hammurabi's Code promoted equality
Document C - Law 196: if a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out.
Mr. Rohrman's favorite movie.
The Rookie
a huge stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek and a later form of Egyptian that allowed historians to understand Egyptian writing
Rosetta Stone
an area of rich land in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
2nd King of Israel. was a shepherd as a young man. He defeated the Philistine giant Goliath. He made Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
David
These laws provide evidence of inequality in Hammurabi's Code
117. If any one fails to pay a debt, and sells himself, his wife, his son, or daughter for money or give them away for forced labor: they shall work for three years in the house of the man who bought them and in the fourth year they shall be set free.
138. If a man wishes to separate from his wife who has borne him no children, he shall give her the amount of her purchase money and the dowry which she brought from her father's house, and let her go.
141. If a man's wife … wishes to leave it: if her husband offer her release, she may go on her way, and he gives her nothing as a gift of release. If her husband does not wish to release her, and if he take another wife, she shall remain as servant in her husband's house.
199. If he put out the eye of a man's slave, or break the bone of a man's slave, he shall pay one-half of its value.
202. If any one strike the body of a man higher in rank than he, he shall receive sixty blows with an ox-whip in public.
203. If a free-born man strike the body of another free-born man or equal rank, he shall pay one gold mina.
Mr. Rohrman's favorite place to vacation
Hermiston, Oregon
- When the Jews are forced out of Canaan and spread all over the globe
- When a group of people is dispersed from their homeland
Diaspora
A religion that has only one god
Monotheistic
Wise son of King David who becomes king of Israel. Made Israel wealthy by increasing trade. He built the first temple in Jerusalem, the Temple of Solomon.
Solomon
According to the Code, the Babylonian economy was based on
Agriculture
What did Mr. Rohrman want to be when he was growing up?
Agricultural engineer