02. Sunday, Monday Flashcards
(48 cards)
What are the two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates.
Where are the rivers located?
In Asia.
What the Greek name for this land?
Mesopotamia (now called Iraq)
What is present day Mesopotamia?
Iraq In the Middle East.
What do the rivers flow into which sea?
Into the Persian Gulf.
What language is strokes ending in small triangles or wedges?
Cuneiform.
What does Cuneiform mean?
wedge-shape.
Why didnt they make books?
Papyrus was unknown to mesopotamians.
What did they write in?
Tablets made out of clay that they cooked in ovens
Who is Gilgamesh?
A hero who defeated dragons and monsters.
What did they write on the tablets?
They boast about the kings and their deeds.
About Gilgamesh.
Merchants wrote their business deals, contracts, receipts, inventions.
What do we know because they kept track of their trades?
That even before the Babylonians and Assyrians the ancient Sumerians were great traders.
What was their merchants good at?
They could calculate with ease and plainly knew the difference between what was lawful and what was not.
What does the planet Mars represent?
It represent war
What planet does Venus represent?
It represents luv.
What are 5 of the days named after?
The planets, and gods.
What is Monday named after?
The moon.
What is Sunday name after?
Saturn.
What are the other days named after?
Diffrent gods.
Where are the remains of cities hidden?
They’re hidden under hills.
What’s Babylon?
An ancent city known for it’s trading hub. People from all over the world came to trade here
What’s Nineveh?
It’s the second most popular trading hub.
Who owned Babylon?
The Babylonians.
Who owned Nineveh?
The Assyrians.
