Chapter 2: Early Societies in Southwest Asia and Indo-European Migration 1. In Mesopotamia‚ the most important geographic features were the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Because Mesopotamia was on a flat land between two rivers‚ as so named‚ the Mesopotamians had to adapt. One Adaptation was irrigation. The use of irrigation helped Mesopotamians develop a wealthy agricultural society. Another adaptation was boundaries such as city walls. Without natural boundaries to protect their cities‚ Mesopotamian
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Akhenaten’s experiment with monotheism failed because Answer | A. | it could not compete with Christianity. | | B. | it did not gain the support of the pharaoh. | | C. | the hated and corrupt priesthood endorsed it. | | D. | it had no connection with the Egyptian past. | | E. | its elaborate ritual was too confusing. | Question 2 Mesopotamian agriculture depended on Answer | A. | irrigation. | | B. | slavery. | | C. | the regular flooding of the Nile. | | D. |
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organize work on building projects B) rule over the area surrounding the city C) oversee the construction and maintenance of irrigation systems D) organize the defense of the city against attacks E) All these answers are correct. 4 CORRECT Sargon of Akkad A) was a Sumerian ruler. B) built the capital city of Babylon. C) inherited the kingship from his father. D) was a gifted administrator and warrior. E) All these answers are correct. 5 CORRECT In Hammurabi’s code‚ one can find laws A) with punishments
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1. (4 points‚ 2 each) List 2 data sources researchers use to estimate historical standards of living and explain what they can infer from these sources. (6 points‚ 2 each) List three indicators of economic development other than National Income measures (NI‚ GDP‚ or GNP‚ level‚ growth rate‚ or per capita) that are of interest to economists and explain what can be inferred from each of these indicators. A.i. tax records (production information‚ shipping information‚ exports and imports‚ wealth) ii
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Gilgamesh Had city-states Each city-state had its own ruler and god King served as intermediary between local god and people Buildings clustered around god’s temple Akkadians King Sargon I‚ and his grandson/successor Naram-Sin‚ conquered Sumer The heads of the Sumerian city states became slaves to the king of Akkad He became a god to them Babylonians Hammurabi Law Code of Hammurabi Assyrians Persians Ancient Literature Epic of Gilgamesh Gilgamesh and the Bible: Two Flood Stories Ancient
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civilization)))) Mesopotamia -Banking as understood as in an archaic state (or quasi-banking) is thought to have begun during a period as early as the second part of the fourth millennia to as late as the third to second millennia BC. Reign of Sargon I of Akkad (2335-2280)
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names like zuqiqïpum ’scorpion’ and kalbum ’dog’. Kings with Semitic names are the first postdiluvial kings to rule Kish. They started the first historical period called the Early Dynastic Period. A few centuries later the first Akkadian king Sargon of Akkad ruled over an empire that included a large part of Mesopotamia. Apparently Semitic
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Asian Studies Reviewer for 2-25 St. Romuald Prepared by: Ian Dominic Mallillin Teacher: Ms. Lanie Pabilona I. EVOLUTION OF MAN: Evolution – Change over a long period of time Theory: * Charles Darwin’s Theory: His book was published on 1859 with the title of “On the origin of the Species of Man” This book stressed that man and all other species on earth were products of a long process of evolution. All species are related to each other and evolved over a long period of time.
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of bills‚ receipts‚ notes and systems of measure. In here we also find evidence to an approach to a scientific calendar‚ though later than the Egyptians‚ which use for the very first time a counting scale of 60. Sargon the great ruler ruled in about 2750 B.C. He began his rule in Akkad which is a district north of Sumer. During his reign‚ records of eclipses were found indicating that the numeral system used at the time must have been well advanced. Another great ruler of this time period was Hammurabi
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1. Pastoralism- the practice of raising livestock 2. Bronze Metallurgy- the study of the chemicals of the metal Bronze 3. Iron Metallurgy- the study of the chemicals of the metal Iron 4. Nile- gives people fresh water and is a major source for Egypt. The yearly activity is that it floods the river valley and moist fertile land is left behind. The resource the Nile has is the floodplain full of fertile land 5. Cataract- an unnavigable stretch of rapids and waterfalls 6. Delta-
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