Week 3 Flashcards
(36 cards)
Where are the summerians
in mesopotamia
during the halaf and ubaid period
the sumerian timeline
ubaid period
then the uruk period (protoliterate period) (start of writing)
early dynasctic period-when ruler snad dynastsies began
then there was the akkadian empire-conquers sumeria
then lasy was the neo-sumerian emprire aka Ur III- when sumerian identity began to come back
who were the sumerians?
ancient people from the region of sumer
they have unclear orgin or connections with neighbours
sumerian language
was an isolate-no known ansestors or relative languages
what were the two language groups
indo european
semitic
no recorded text
what is the orgian of akkadian lang
semitic
what is script
writing system
logographic script
each word is a separtate character
syllabic script
each syllable is a separate charcter
alphabet
each sound is a separate character
the sumerian language
a tested in writing from 3500 BCE to first century CE
no related langauges
script was cueniform
started as logographic to record inventories
became syllabic to record complex texts of myth rituals and history
writeen on clay tablets
the scripti is adapted for use with other langueage sint he region
religion and government
the main unit of government ws the independ city state
each city has its own patron deity
cities main temple was the centre of geligous, governmaltl and economic activity
each city town had a king ruling on behalf of the patron god
temple designs
the temples were built on high mounds, originally made fron the reconstruction of a temple on the same site
later the artifial versions of these were mad ein the form of the ziggurat
ex the temples at Uruk
the white temple at uruk
deticated to the sky god anu
tripartite inner structure with a central hall
processional ramp
eanna precinct
fertility goddess inanna
epic gilgamesh-he carved on a strone stela all od his toils and uit the wall od uruk-haven, the wall of the savred eanna temple the holys sanctuary
not on a platform
not well preserved
iconography
the study of images and symbols in works of art
uruk vase
static images
had offering for gods
river
plants
animals
who were the akkadians
city of acad
first empire in the region
empire established by sargon
semetic lanaguage, cuniform
what did sargon do
established the akkadian empire
conquered sumer
government and religion
shared the same gods with the sumerians
governments replaced the gods with kings as the supreme ruler
Who was sargons grandson?
naram sin, firsy to be considered a god in his lifetime
stele of naram sin
carved stone
there was a sun and moon
then all the people under and bigger figure showing worship
whereas the vase of uruk showed how people were offering stuff to gods
bronze head?
lifesized head of a bronze man
foudn in a much later temple
intensioanlly damaged eyes
textbook thinks its sargon
brit museum thinks its maram sin
it looks expensive and seems to be a leader
what happened to the akkadians
empire became over extended and weak
coquered by the gutian, a people from mountains in iran
later poets attribute it to sacrilege by naram sin for attacking nippur
revenge fro the god enlik
recently people belive climate change
