Ziggurat - Hewlett
... religious leaders, who often controlled the crops of the city-state. These storehouses allowed the religious leaders the opportunity to feed poor people as well as the many people who specialized in areas other than farming, such as craft workers. Each city in Mesopotamia had a primary god. For exam ...
... religious leaders, who often controlled the crops of the city-state. These storehouses allowed the religious leaders the opportunity to feed poor people as well as the many people who specialized in areas other than farming, such as craft workers. Each city in Mesopotamia had a primary god. For exam ...
Monday, November 18, 13 - Norwell Public Schools
... The Sumerian city-states eventually fell to foreign invaders (2000s BC) The Akkadians: ...
... The Sumerian city-states eventually fell to foreign invaders (2000s BC) The Akkadians: ...
World History: Ancient Civilizations Through the Renaissance City
... The Hittites were the first to master ironworking, so they made the strongest weapons of the time. They used the chariot, a wheeled, horse-drawn cart, which allowed them to move quickly around the battlefield. They were taken over by the Kassites after their king was assassinated. The Kassites ruled ...
... The Hittites were the first to master ironworking, so they made the strongest weapons of the time. They used the chariot, a wheeled, horse-drawn cart, which allowed them to move quickly around the battlefield. They were taken over by the Kassites after their king was assassinated. The Kassites ruled ...
DBQ - Hammurabi`s Code1
... of fairness-what is “just”– by asking you to think about the punishments and rewards that made up Hammurabi’s Code. The Documents: Document A: The Stone Stele (“stee-lee”) Document B: Epilogue of the Code ...
... of fairness-what is “just”– by asking you to think about the punishments and rewards that made up Hammurabi’s Code. The Documents: Document A: The Stone Stele (“stee-lee”) Document B: Epilogue of the Code ...
CHAPTER 1
... could. By about 3000 B.C.E., metalworking had become common in the Middle East. Like agriculture, knowledge of metals gradually fanned out to other parts of Asia and to Africa and Europe. Metalworking was extremely useful to agricultural and herding societies. Agricultural peoples had the resources ...
... could. By about 3000 B.C.E., metalworking had become common in the Middle East. Like agriculture, knowledge of metals gradually fanned out to other parts of Asia and to Africa and Europe. Metalworking was extremely useful to agricultural and herding societies. Agricultural peoples had the resources ...
On the Origin and Meaning of the Tree of Life in the Art
... The motif known as the tree of life or the sacred tree is associated with mythology and religious beliefs in the art of the Near Eastern Bronze Age in particular the Iranian Plateau. The eternality of the sacred tree in the Mesopotamian mythology is something beyond the physical realm and is intertw ...
... The motif known as the tree of life or the sacred tree is associated with mythology and religious beliefs in the art of the Near Eastern Bronze Age in particular the Iranian Plateau. The eternality of the sacred tree in the Mesopotamian mythology is something beyond the physical realm and is intertw ...
TRADE AND TRADERS OF MESOPOTAMIAN UR
... into the two rivers, the river valleys and the western hills of the Zagros Mountains. Initially Mesopotamia consisted of two cultures: Sumerian in the south and Akkadian to the north, each with its own language. But the people of Sumer and Akkad shared a lifestyle based upon farming and the raising ...
... into the two rivers, the river valleys and the western hills of the Zagros Mountains. Initially Mesopotamia consisted of two cultures: Sumerian in the south and Akkadian to the north, each with its own language. But the people of Sumer and Akkad shared a lifestyle based upon farming and the raising ...
ART OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
... they attributed to them power over human activities and the forces of nature. Each city had a special protective deity, and people believed the fate of the city depended on the power of that deity. (The names of comparable deities varied over time and place-for example, manna, the Sumerian goddess o ...
... they attributed to them power over human activities and the forces of nature. Each city had a special protective deity, and people believed the fate of the city depended on the power of that deity. (The names of comparable deities varied over time and place-for example, manna, the Sumerian goddess o ...
iron age syria
... Like most nomadic peoples. the early Hebrews were animists. But, Hebrew patriarchs would often identify their family with some particular deity. The members of the family might believe in many gods, but they would look to one special god as the god of their family. In some cases as early as 2000 B. ...
... Like most nomadic peoples. the early Hebrews were animists. But, Hebrew patriarchs would often identify their family with some particular deity. The members of the family might believe in many gods, but they would look to one special god as the god of their family. In some cases as early as 2000 B. ...
Mesopotamia - John Bowne High School
... success of their crops – Priests were the middle man for the Gods – Priests demanded portion of farmer crops as tax ...
... success of their crops – Priests were the middle man for the Gods – Priests demanded portion of farmer crops as tax ...
The Gaspee Affair A planed city state
... of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers about 4000 B.C. It is thought to have arisen in Mesopotamia, which is close to modern Iraq. ...
... of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers about 4000 B.C. It is thought to have arisen in Mesopotamia, which is close to modern Iraq. ...
court script10 Mesopotamia
... another Akkadian ruler King Sargon.” Judge ___________________ “King Sargon you may take the stand.” Bailiff ____________________ “Do you promise to speak the truth, the whole truth before all the gods of the universe”. Witness __________________ “I do.” Lawyer _________________ “What is your name?” ...
... another Akkadian ruler King Sargon.” Judge ___________________ “King Sargon you may take the stand.” Bailiff ____________________ “Do you promise to speak the truth, the whole truth before all the gods of the universe”. Witness __________________ “I do.” Lawyer _________________ “What is your name?” ...
Study Questions for The Epic of Gilgamesh
... once answered, will ensure that you have a good outline of the story’s purpose and an in-depth understanding of its historical importance. Context: The Epic of Gilgamesh is a Sumerian epic poem that dates back to the 3 rd millennium B.C. It is one of the earliest known pieces of written literature i ...
... once answered, will ensure that you have a good outline of the story’s purpose and an in-depth understanding of its historical importance. Context: The Epic of Gilgamesh is a Sumerian epic poem that dates back to the 3 rd millennium B.C. It is one of the earliest known pieces of written literature i ...
Mesopotamia: The origins of writing
... “Amarna letters” found in Egypt, around 1400s BC) − “Shawardata, prince of Hebron, stands alone and needs a large force to rescue him.” context and content of Uruk writing − tablets are found in temples − and in some private houses, associated with seals and sealings − suggesting that it was mostly ...
... “Amarna letters” found in Egypt, around 1400s BC) − “Shawardata, prince of Hebron, stands alone and needs a large force to rescue him.” context and content of Uruk writing − tablets are found in temples − and in some private houses, associated with seals and sealings − suggesting that it was mostly ...
Chapter 1 - History 1101: Western Civilization I
... Indo-European Contributions • Black Sea and Caucus Mountains: Produced a people who often invaded the Fertile Crescent and spread cultural practices, having a profound effect on the development of the West. • Language: Linguists have labeled these invaders from Central Asia “Indo-Europeans” since th ...
... Indo-European Contributions • Black Sea and Caucus Mountains: Produced a people who often invaded the Fertile Crescent and spread cultural practices, having a profound effect on the development of the West. • Language: Linguists have labeled these invaders from Central Asia “Indo-Europeans” since th ...
sample - Casa Fluminense
... is presented by K. Radner. The tamkiirum is seen as a royal trade agent, who supplies the court with imported goods. Not only Assyrians, also merchants belonging to other ethnic groups within the Empire were engaged in this kind of trade. Some merchants cooperated closely with the Assyrian army in c ...
... is presented by K. Radner. The tamkiirum is seen as a royal trade agent, who supplies the court with imported goods. Not only Assyrians, also merchants belonging to other ethnic groups within the Empire were engaged in this kind of trade. Some merchants cooperated closely with the Assyrian army in c ...
Code of Hammurabi - Plain Local Schools
... • If a builder builds a house for someone and that house collapses killing them, then the builder shall be put to death. ...
... • If a builder builds a house for someone and that house collapses killing them, then the builder shall be put to death. ...
Review Day 1
... • Begin to regulate women’s sexual behavior • Early idea of marriage • Religion stressed more male gods, less females ...
... • Begin to regulate women’s sexual behavior • Early idea of marriage • Religion stressed more male gods, less females ...
Chapter 3 Target Sheet
... oracle bones: In Chinese civilization, animal bones that were heated and the cracks then interpreted as prophecies. The prophecies were written on the bone and provide our earliest written sources for ancient China. patriarchy: Literally “rule of the father”; a social system of male dominance. phara ...
... oracle bones: In Chinese civilization, animal bones that were heated and the cracks then interpreted as prophecies. The prophecies were written on the bone and provide our earliest written sources for ancient China. patriarchy: Literally “rule of the father”; a social system of male dominance. phara ...
handout #1
... important records, like Hammurabi's Code, were often carved directly into hard stone. Hammurabi wasn't the first Mesopotamian to make laws. King Urnammu of Ur wrote a legal code about 400 years before Hammurabi; so did King Bilalama of Eshunna. Urnammu's and Bilalama's codes were short lists of laws ...
... important records, like Hammurabi's Code, were often carved directly into hard stone. Hammurabi wasn't the first Mesopotamian to make laws. King Urnammu of Ur wrote a legal code about 400 years before Hammurabi; so did King Bilalama of Eshunna. Urnammu's and Bilalama's codes were short lists of laws ...
History of Mesopotamia
The history of Mesopotamia describes the history of the area known as Mesopotamia, roughly coinciding with the Tigris–Euphrates basin, from the earliest human occupation in the Lower Palaeolithic period up to the Muslim conquests in the 7th century AD. This history is pieced together from evidence retrieved from archaeological excavations and, after the introduction of writing in the late 4th millennium BC, an increasing amount of historical sources. While in the Paleolithic and early Neolithic periods only parts of Upper Mesopotamia were occupied, the southern alluvium was settled during the late Neolithic period. Mesopotamia has been home to many of the oldest major civilizations, entering history from the Early Bronze Age, for which reason it is often dubbed the cradle of civilization. The rise of the first cities in southern Mesopotamia dates to the Chalcolithic (Uruk period), from c. 5300 BC; its regional independence ended with the Achaemenid conquest in 539 BC, although a few native neo-Assyrian kingdoms existed at different times, namely Adiabene, Osroene and Hatra.