Mesopotamia test Flashcards
What is Mesopotamia?
It is also called sumer and is the earliest civilization found in between the rivers of Tigris and Euphrates.
What are some of the important inventions of Mesopotamia?
Plow, Wheel, cuneiform writing, and chariot.
What is cuneiform?
It is the earliest form of writing. It was first developed in Mesopotamia. It looked like wedged shaped symbols.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
It is the oldest complete set of laws developed in Mesopotamia by King Hammurabi of the Babylonian empire.
What is the Nile river?
It is the longest river in the world, key to the Egyptian civilization, providing the water needed for life.
Pyramids
resting places of pharaohs during the Old Kingdom Period of Egypt.
Pharaohs
god kings of Egypt, believed to be more powerful than other rulers because they were the living versions of the god Horus.
Hieroglyphics
Ancient Egyptian writing used in ceremonies and on important statues and buildings.
Mummification
Key to Egyptian life do to Egyptian belief that the after life is more important than current one.
city states
political division of land in ancient times, especially ancient Mesopotamia and Greece. Often as a result of geographic divisions independent cities and the surrounding regions.
Chichen Itza
Mayan pyramid structure demonstrating their highly developed religion in the Yucatan peninsula.
Chinampas
Aztec farming on floating islands.
Hellenistic age
the spread of Greek culture by Alexander the great and his successors throughout Egypt. Persia, central Asia and Europe.
roman empire
began on the Tiber river in present day Italy
roman slavery
one of the largest and cruelest cases of slavery in history. eventually badly damaged, roman life by creating major unemployment for lower class citizens leading to increased poverty and unrest.
Alexander the great
son of Phillip the second of Macedonia one of the greatest conquerors ever. He conquered the known world.
English colonies in America
focused on an economy based on agriculture especially tobacco.
French colonies in America
focused on an economy based on trading beaver pelts
French and Indian war
also known as the seven years war. Fought between England and France over colonial land all over the world.
the may flower
ship from England that brought the pilgrims to Plymoth
William Penn
founder of the Pennsylvania colony based on religious freedom
Puritans
Early English settlers in Massachusetts came to the new world for religious freedom to purify the Anglican church, and start a fresh moral life.
New Netherlands
originally a dutch colony that was taken over by the British and renamed New York.
New Amsterdam
New York city.
