10-15 in Traditions and Encounters 2. Explain the reasons behind the transition to agriculture during the Neolithic era. Neolithic. See: 15-20 in Traditions and Encounters 3. Discuss the early development of Sumer. Sumer‚ Standard of Ur‚ Ziggurat. See: 21-35 4. Outline the causes and effects of a written cultural tradition in Mesopotamia. Hammurabi‚ Phoenicians‚ Gilgamesh‚ Indo-Europeans‚ Hittites‚ lex talionis‚ Yahweh‚ See: 35-42 5.Discuss the influences of Mesopotamian civilization
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Mesopotamia‚ the land between the rivers‚ derives its name and existence from the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. These two rivers created the Fertile Crescent in the midst of surrounding inhospitable territory. The space we call Mesopotamia is roughly the same as that of the modern country of Iraq. About ten thousand years ago‚ the people of this area began the agricultural revolution. Instead of hunting and gathering their food‚ they domesticated plants and animals‚ beginning with the sheep. They
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1. Cuneiform- Cuneiform is Sumerian Writing that is a style of pictogram. It was written using a reed stylus and made wedge shaped impressions on clay tablets. They were then baked or dried in the sun to make them hard and virtually indestructible. Cuneiform evolved over time into something more advanced as civilizations kept rising and falling in Mesopotamia. Some examples of things Cuneiform was used for are tallies of cattle or other live stock by herders‚ lists of taxes and wages payments‚ contracts
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Name: ________________________________________________ Date: ___________________ Period: ____________ Crash Course World History: Mesopotamia #3 Key Concept 1.2. The Neolithic Revolution and Early Agricultural Societies I. Beginning about 10‚000 years ago‚ the Neolithic Revolution led to the development of new and more complex economic and social systems. A. Possibly as a response to climatic change‚ permanent agricultural villages emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean. Agriculture
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True 14) False 15) False Short Answer Questions~ 16) At this time‚ Hebrews were the only monotheistic religion that was established. Egyptians built many different monuments to their own pharaohs and the many different gods that they worshipped. Ziggurats were the Mesopotamian way to honor their gods. Assyrians believed that because gods could be in human form‚ there needed to be a house‚ or a place where they could communicate with the other humans. They also believed that these gods needed to be
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The Roman and Greek societies were both very influential and innovative. Furthermore‚ the two civilizations lasted for many centuries and expanded greatly. Thus‚ the Roman and Greek societies had various differences and similarities along the lines of religion‚ government and intellectual achievements. Religion-wise‚ Rome had borrowed Greek’s polytheistic religion‚ only altering deities’ names. On the government front‚ Rome combined the governments of several Greek city-states and made a republic
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In the writings of Karl Marx and the Marxist theory of historical materialism‚ a mode of production (in German: Produktionsweise‚ meaning ’the way of producing ’) is a specific combination of: * productive forces: these include human labour power and available knowledge given the level of technology in the means of production (e.g. tools‚ equipment‚ buildings and technologies‚ materials‚ and improved land). * social and technical relations of production: these include the property‚ power
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Humankind was created with clay and the blood of Kingu. True 7. Holofernes was an Aakaadian general. False 8. Hathor’s symbol was a cow. True 9. Zoroastor was the Greek name for Zarathustra. True 10. Ahura Mazda was a Persian god. True 11. Ziggurats were Mesopotamian cigar smoking houses. False 12. Beer was way to preserve grain in Mesopotamia. True 13. Sargon the Great was a Hittite. False 14. Gilgamesh was the hero of a Sumerian epic myth. True 15. Marduk was the god of storms.
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Ancient Sumer The first civilization is thought to have arisen in Mesopotamia‚ between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. In an area known as Sumeria‚ people built huts‚ raised cattle‚ and farmed for their food. They built huge temples (called ziggurats) and monuments in their cities. They were the first to gather in large city-states. Among these were Kish‚ Lagash‚ Ur‚ and Uruk. While both the Sumerians and the Egyptians chose to settle in fertile river plains and developed sophisticated agriculture
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polychromy term used to describe painting or painted decoration on the surface of sculpture polyptych An altarpiece or devotional work of art made of several panels joined together‚ often hinged so that its wings can be opened and closed as appropriate during Christian religious worship. post and lintel a basic type of architecture in which upright elements (posts) support a horizontal member (lintel). With this type of construction‚ the distance between the supports is determined by the weight
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