Early civilizations: Mesopotamia - China
CH.2
1. Gilgamesh was associated with Uruk
2. Mesopotamia means "the land between rivers"
3. Sumerian isn't a Semitic language
4. Sumer was the first complex society developed in Southern Mesopotamia
5. A Mesopotamian stepped pyramid is known as a ziggurat
6. After 3000 BCE all Sumerian cities were ruled by monarchies
7. The creator of the first empire in Mesopotamia was Sargon of Akkad
8. Hammurabi believed that the gods had chosen him to "promote the welfare of the people"
9. Hammurabi's code was based on the concept of lex LEX TALIONIS, which was shaped by social standing
10. THe Babylonians eventually fell in 1595 BCE to the Hittites
11. The later Mesopotamina people who built a large empire bsed on a powerful army with iron weapons and who made extensive use of terror were the Assyrians
12. A Babylonian resurgence of power was led in the sixth century BCE by Nebuchadnezzar
13. Mesopotamian metal workers discovered that if they alloyed copper and tin they could produce bronze
14. Iron metallurgy came to Mesopotamia from the Hittites
15. The first people to use wheeled vehicles were the Sumerians
16. In Mesopotamia, prisoners of war, convicted criminals, and heavily indebted individuals were the three main sources for slaves
17. Mesopotamia developed into a strict patriarchal society
18. Conditions for women in Mesopotamia grew increasingly worse over time
19. THe Mesopotamian style of writing was known as cuneiform
20. Ethical monotheism was in the tradition of the HEbrews
21. Hebrew monotheism has its origins with Moses
22. The first simplified alphabet, containing only twenty-two letters, was created by the Phoenicians
23. Egyptian is not of Indo-European origin
24. THe original homeland of the Indo-European speakers was southern Russia
25. Horse-drwan chariots were first invented by the Hittites
CH.3
1. THe Greek historian Herodotus used the phrase "the gift of the Nile" to describe Egypt
2. The earliest Egyptian and Nubian
1. Gilgamesh was associated with Uruk
2. Mesopotamia means "the land between rivers"
3. Sumerian isn't a Semitic language
4. Sumer was the first complex society developed in Southern Mesopotamia
5. A Mesopotamian stepped pyramid is known as a ziggurat
6. After 3000 BCE all Sumerian cities were ruled by monarchies
7. The creator of the first empire in Mesopotamia was Sargon of Akkad
8. Hammurabi believed that the gods had chosen him to "promote the welfare of the people"
9. Hammurabi's code was based on the concept of lex LEX TALIONIS, which was shaped by social standing
10. THe Babylonians eventually fell in 1595 BCE to the Hittites
11. The later Mesopotamina people who built a large empire bsed on a powerful army with iron weapons and who made extensive use of terror were the Assyrians
12. A Babylonian resurgence of power was led in the sixth century BCE by Nebuchadnezzar
13. Mesopotamian metal workers discovered that if they alloyed copper and tin they could produce bronze
14. Iron metallurgy came to Mesopotamia from the Hittites
15. The first people to use wheeled vehicles were the Sumerians
16. In Mesopotamia, prisoners of war, convicted criminals, and heavily indebted individuals were the three main sources for slaves
17. Mesopotamia developed into a strict patriarchal society
18. Conditions for women in Mesopotamia grew increasingly worse over time
19. THe Mesopotamian style of writing was known as cuneiform
20. Ethical monotheism was in the tradition of the HEbrews
21. Hebrew monotheism has its origins with Moses
22. The first simplified alphabet, containing only twenty-two letters, was created by the Phoenicians
23. Egyptian is not of Indo-European origin
24. THe original homeland of the Indo-European speakers was southern Russia
25. Horse-drwan chariots were first invented by the Hittites
CH.3
1. THe Greek historian Herodotus used the phrase "the gift of the Nile" to describe Egypt
2. The earliest Egyptian and Nubian