Ancient mesopotamia Flashcards
(22 cards)
Mesopotamia was between what rivers
Tigris and Euphrates
this civilization started
five thousand years ago
primary is —- information.eg;
direct information eg: literature,art
secondary — information
in direct
north m was
fertile
south m was —- with an unpredictable supply of —-
not fertile
water
ziggurates were built from
special royal baked bricks
URUK was largest city in m during
2800 BCE
mesapotamia belived that there was a —- in a person
god
ENa was god of
wisdom and magic
Anu was god of
sky
enlil was god of
earth and fates
who were expert which were called to perform funeral
Ashipu
king sargon 1 succeed in united m in
2400BCE
empire lasted
200 years. 23five 0-21 five 0
militaery power during
1800-17 five 0
code of — has harsh punishments
code of Hummurbi
Assyrian empire started
1360 BCE
reason for success
well orginized army and wheeled chariots allowing army to move easily
assiyian became experts at
siege
Assiyian empire lasted
934-610BCE
