Southwest Asia Chapter 2

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Southwest Asia Chapter 2

• Ancient Mesopotamia

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What is a Scribe?

• A person in Sumerian society who writes

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What is cuneiform?

• Cuneiform are soft-clay tablets with wedge shaped
  letters

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What is a ziggurat?

• A ziggurat is a Sumer religious temple surrounded
  by the marketplace and village of the city-state

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Describe a monarchy government

• A type of government where one person has
  complete authority to rule in peacetime and lead
  soldiers in time of war.

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How were dikes and canals used?

• Dikes were used as part of an irrigation system
  to control floodwaters. This prevented the
  destruction valuable farm land provided water for
  their fields.

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What is a Surplus of Goods?

• Surplus means producing enough food to create a
  division of labor, this allowed people to life in
  cities and have non-farming jobs.

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What was a result of early agriculture?

• Early Agriculture domesticated plants animals
  and produced a reliable food source.

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Describe city-states

• A city and its surrounding farmlands with its own
  leaders government. Sumer, Ur, and Babylon are
  examples of early city-states.

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What is labor and how did it effect early
civilizations?

• Labor means to work at a job or activity to earn
  a living. A division of labor meant not all
  people were producing food.

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What is irrigation?

• Irrigation a system of dikes, canals, ditches and
  dams to control the floodwaters

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What is Monotheism?

• The Israelites believed in Monotheism which is
  the belief in one god.
• As opposed to most religions at the time that
  worshipped many gods.

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What does go into exile mean?

• Exile is the act of being forced to live in
  another place
• As when the Jews left Mesopotamia with Abraham

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Mesopotamia

• The word means the land between 2 rivers
• Mesopotamia is the area surrounding the Tigris
  and Euphrates rivers also known as the Fertile
  Crescent.

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Where is the Tigris Euphrates Valley?

• Tigris Euphrates Valley is the land between the
  two rivers in Sumer that were a major part of the
  Fertile Crescent.

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What were the Phoenicians famous for?

• Phoenicians are the people who invented a system
  of writing of symbols that stood for sounds
  called cuneiform
• Developing and exporting the color purple.

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Who was Moses?

• Moses was the leader of the Israelites who led
  them out of exile in Egypt

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Who was Sargon?

• Sargon was the first ruler of Mesopotamia to
  unite the city-states and established an empire.

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Who was Hammurabi?

• Hammurabi was the Babylonian ruler who
  established a tax system and a set of laws to
  support the government.

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What is the Code of Hammurabi?

• Code of Hammurabi were the pillar of laws that
  Hammurabi set up to establish order in Babylonia.

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Who was Abraham?

• Abraham was the father of the Israelites who
  according to the Bible received the convent
  (Special agreement) from God.

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Where is the Fertile Crescent?

• Fertile Crescent is located in Southwest Asia,
  where the fertile land between the 2 rivers
  provided good farming land, but was surrounded by
  arid or dry desert.

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Describe Sumer

• Sumer is a ancient city-state located in the
  southern part of Mesopotamia
• It was known for its technology in farming and
  irrigation systems.
• This created a food surplus and a division of
  labor

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Which civilization was known for creating coins?

• Lydians developed coins that had the same weight
  and value
• Coins were made of a mixture of gold silver
  called electrum.
• Before they used a barter system.

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Ancient Sumer began to have a division of labor
which was caused by?

• Developed technology in farming and irrigation
  systems.
• The ability to produce more food than needed
• Surplus of food allowed workers to become skilled
  craftsman
• Skilled workers created a complex division of
  labor

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