Ancient Societies
What major civilization developed along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
What is Mesopotamia
What is the belief in multiple gods and the belief is one god
Describe the significance of the pyramids in Egyptian culture.
The Pyramids where built for the pharoahs
Monotheism started where? With what Pharoah?
Egypt, Akhenaten
What was the god of all three monotheistic religions?
Aten, Ahura Mazda, and Yahweh
What form of writing was developed in Mesopotamia?
What is Cuneiform
Explain the difference in how the Mesopotamians and Egyptians viewed their gods.
Mesopotamians feared their gods thinking they would bring destruction, The Egyptians believed their gods were good and provided prosperity and abundance.
What is a place for shopping, to congregate, religious, and political activities.
What was the name of the sun God?
Aten
Synagaouge
What was the writing system for Egypt?
What is Heiroglyphics
What did Mesopotamians build for religious and political purposes?
What is Ziggurats
Kings and Priests
What religion believed in good and evil and introduced the concept of satan?
Polytheism is the belief that the gods represent what?
Elements of Nature
What was the first law to be created in Mesopotamia after it was invaded by the Babylonians?
What is the Law or Code of Hammurabi
Egyptians and Mesopotamians both believed in what?
What is Polytheism
Which civilization was prone to frequent invasions due to the lack of natural borders?
What is Mesopotamia
Judaism was founded by who? What was the name of the God of Judaism?
Abraham and Yahweh
What is the holy text for Judaism?
Torah
What are the 8 characteristics of a civilization?
cities, government, art and architecture, writing systems, public works, social classes, jobs, religion
How did the concept of the afterlife differ between Mesopotamians and Egyptians?
The Mesopotamians saw the afterlife as a gloomy and dark place, whereas the Egyptians looked at the afterlife as a place where good deeds would be rewarded.
Who was Ma'at and what was created based on her?
Ma'at was the goddess of truth, justice, balance, and order. The 42 ideals of Ma'at
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam were influenced by what early religion?
Zoroastrianism
The Torah comprises of what?
The first 5 books of the bible