Map and Mesopotamian Quiz Flashcards
(36 cards)
what was Gilgamesh famous for
the epic of gilgamesh
what makes a civilization a civilization
a form of writing, has to be very urban, needs laws and leadership, needs taxes and money
what was mesopotamia’s “nick name”
the cradle of civilization
mesopotamia was
the land between two rivers which were the Tigris and the Euphrates
Fertile Crescent was called the Fertile Crescent because
It’s very fertile and was in the shape of a crescent
Silt is
Water & Soil
irrigation is
watering fields
What is the Hydraulic Hypothesis
that if their is irrigation their must be a strong centralized government
Gilgamesh was
the king Uruk
what is anthropomorphism
having human emotions and acting like humans
mesopotamian’s like or don[t like their gods & why
don’t like them because they blame them, but they have to be nice
city states are
isolated, independent and have different cultures languages and traditions
seal is a
clay bead
a Sumerian temple is called a
ziggurat (the ziggurat was very important to the sumerians)
what are cuneiforms
wedge shaped signs impressed on a clay tablet
what are cuneiforms used for
records and lessons
what are pictograms
simplified pictures to objects
what are ideograms
pictures that represent ideas
what are phonograms
pictures that represent sounds
what are some impressive Sumerian inventions
wheel; potters wheel, clocks, weapons (made out of bronze)
makeup, jewelry, instruments (most of which we still use today)
civilizations after Sumer
Akkad, Babylon, Assyria, Chaldea
Sargon was the king of
Akkad
what language did Sargon say everyone must speak
Akkadian
How did Sargon unite the two civilizations peacefully to make an empire
through his daughters marriage
