Chaper 5 Flashcards
(18 cards)
What was Mesopotamia writing called
Cuniform
What was cuniform written on
Clay tablets
Who where people who could write called
Scribes
What is an epic
A long Poen about a legendary hero
What is the oldest epic
The epic of Gilgamesh
What where Mesopotamian measurements based off
The number 60
What was the religion in Mesopotamia
Polytheistic
What where Mesopotamian beliefs
That natural disaster was a sign that the gods were displeased with them
What is a ziggurat
Temples
What do u do at a ziggurat
Give offerings to the gods in return for peace and good crops
Where did enslaved people come from
Wars or to pay off debt
How can you stop being enslaved
By buying urself back from slavery
Who made the first empire
Sargon the great and the Akkadians
Who was the Babylonian king
Hammurabi
What did Hammurabi do
Created a written code of laws
What type of ruling was there under Hammurabi
A empire
Why did Hammurabi have these strict rules
To protect his people
