Mercury 2 Flashcards
(Ancient Egypt)
Natural conditions
Alone the river NILE
(1000km long 10-20km wide
Fertile Flood plains due to FLOODS
(Black soil)
SURROUNDED by desert (red soil)
MENI (Ancient Egypt)
?when?
1st KING who united
LOWER kingdom(NORTH)
UPPER kingdom (SOUTH)
4th milenium 3000bc
Division of EGYPTIAN history
Predynastic Period
Old Kingdom {2700-2100}
1st intermediate period {2100-2000}
Middle Kingdom{2000-1600}
2nd intermediate period{1600-1500}
New kingdom{1500-1050}
3rd intermediate period{1000-700}
Late EGYPT{700-40}
Pyramids} when? By who? Result of it?
Built in OLD KINGDOM
By farmers during flood season
Due to heftiness of construction—old kingdom ENDED
3 pyramids name? Designed by /for?
Ku
Mk
Ka
IMHOTEP design for DJOSER
1.KHU FU
2.MEN KAURE
3. KHAFREN
What nomachs did?
After old kingdom fell
Divided POWER TO NOMACH REGION RULERS
Middle KINGDOM
Temple of KARNARK?
Residence of GOD RA
RELIGIOUS CENTER NEAR THEBES
Middle KINGDOM
Senvosret 2.
Most IMPORTANT PHARAOH
1.)Hat she psut queen 👸 (New kingdom )
1st queen of new kingdom
UPGRADE- technology of chariot/army
ESTABLISH- trade route with south
2.) Thutmose 3. (New kingdom )
CONQUEST of EGYPT into Syria
Changed EGYPTIAN BORDERS
—> to banks of Euphrates
3.) Amenhotep 4. (New kingdom )
Changed name —Akhe naten/to honor god ANTEN -SUNDISK
REFORM- ATEN preferred god
/1st monotheism
Reforms were baned by successors
4.) RAMESSES 2. (New kingdom )
FIGHT- against hittites in battle Kadesh
SIGNED 1st peace treaty 1258 BC
Late period 5 events
(New kingdom EGYPT )
1200 BC. NOMADIC tribe took over
667 BC ASSIRIANS conquered Egypt
525 BC egypt became province- PERSIA
332 BC- ALexander the great defeated Egypt
27 BC conquered by Romans
Mesopotamia- natural condition
- divided into?
Between rivers TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES
SOUTH Sumer
MIDDLE Babylonia
NORTH Assyria
What is Ziggurat? For what purpose?
Monumental stepping temple
Religious/ political/ economic
Slaves belonged there
What is CUNEI FORM
1)Written in documents for/ administration of food
2)Started using in Sumer
(Pictographic system )
3) written on clay
Cities of Sumer?
1)Uruk
2)Larsa
3)Nish
4)Kish
Akkadian empire by who
Where?
How long did it last?
When
Lasted 100 years
Sargon conquered Mesopotamia created empire
2340BC
Babylon empire 1728-1686 BC
Who ruled it
Hammurabi 1st king of Babylon
Controled Mesopotamia
Hammurabi’s code
Division
1st written code of laws
Free man- eye for an Eye principle
Free farmers - revenge principle
Slaves- no rights
Natural condition (India)
1)Protected by Himalaya mountain—from entities of Central Asia
2) Subcontinent + 3 river valleys
Indus
Bra hma putra
Ganges
Harappian civilization (India)
Usual thing about them
EARLIEST civilization - 4th millennium
Cities mad of bricks 🧱 + sewer system
Aryans (India)
When?
Who had power?
What they do
Came to India 1500bc cca
ESTABLISHED-Organized society- without KING
RADJAS HAD POWER
System of casts (India)
How were they divided
1)People believed in- REINCARNATION
2)Casts are CORE of HINDUISM
1) Brahmin- priest
2) Warriors
3) craftsman/ merchant
4) farmers/ servants
