is referred to as the "cradle of civilization” because there were many important inventions. Writing was one of Sumerians most important invention. Sumerians developed the world’s first known writing‚ cuneiform‚ which was also known as the written language of wedge-shaped symbols. It was used to record daily events‚ trade‚ astronomy‚ and literature on clay tablets by scribes who were the only ones educated to perform this task. Architectural innovations were abundant for the Sumerians. They used mud
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starting making up legends and stories about him‚ and a lot of them have survived there were many individual stories about his exploit those stories where passed on through succeeding civilization so the one the Sumerian were overrun by the Akkadian‚ and the Akkadian were overrun by the Babylonians‚ and the Babylonians were overrun by the Assyrian. Each one of them took the story over and retold it to themselves it even made it outside the middle east into places like Asia miner with the Hittite and
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Beginning of supernatural beliefs Copying a spiritual‚ meaningful reference LANGUAGE: majority/most useful language that people learn to give them the most benefits of a spoken (trade requires more communication) Pictography: picture words Conventional Sign: start as pictograph and make it a symbol by convention Phonetic Language: sign=sound; literacy goes up CHAPTER 2: THE RISE OF THE STATE Semitic Peoples: language group; carry culture; people in between/not
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Mesopotamia. Answer | A. | Egyptians | | B. | Hyksos | | C. | Aryans | | D. | Semites | | E. | Indo-Europeans | Which of the following Near Eastern societies invented writing? Answer | A. | Hebrews | | B. | Babylonians | | C. | Akkadians | | D. | Sumerians | | E. | Hyksos | All of the following traits characterized the Neolithic stage of human development except Answer | A. | the appearance of towns. | | B. | use of bronze weapons. | | C. | new types of stone tools
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Civilizations: Mesopotamian Art -Sumerian art and civilization (3200-2000BC) -Sumerian city-state (3000-2100) Major art forms -Architecture: Ziggurat -Stone carves: stories from “Epic of Gilgamesh” Styles -Geometrical and mathematical Akkadian and Babylonian Old Babylonian Period (1795-1595) -King Hammurabi (1792-50)‚ Stele of Hammurabi Middle Babylonian Period (1595-1155) Old Assyrian Empire (?-1500) Middle Assyrian Empire (1500-1200) Neo-Assyrian Empire (1000-612) -Tiglath-Pileser
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Symbolic- political‚ religious‚ etc. c. Aesthetic- decorative or formal Mesopotamia: 1) What are 5 characteristics that help to define a civilization? 1. The cultures revolved around urban centers 2. They developed a written language‚ which implies that a common language was used 3. Various groups within the social system engaged in trade or commerce 4. People shared a religion in common 5. The society had a centralized government‚ which suggests an organized central bureaucracy and a stratified
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Throughout history there have been many written works and documents that have shed light on the various ideas and values that characterize the Western tradition. Such works focused on the great ideas that have helped in shaping the Western heritage. Some of these documents that "capture the characteristic outlook of an age and that provide a sense of movement and development of Western history" include The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ The Code of Hammurabi‚ Genesis‚ Job‚ the Ten Commandments‚ and Amos. The
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up to this day cannot be emulated. Emperor Hammurabi is another crucial element in global history. Hammurabi is known for two very important things in the world today which is written language as well as laws. Hammurabi invented the Code of Hammurabi which was a set of law written is the first written language known to the world‚ cuneiform‚ this set of laws set order in Hammurabi’s empire. These laws were indeed harsh but they established a very obedient society during this time. Hammurabi’s code
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Hammurabi ’s Code The Babylonian Empire was part of a dynasty controlled by the Semitic Amorites. Babylonia‚ under the rule of the Semitic Amorites‚ controlled Mesopotamia for nearly three hundred years. Hammurabi‚ one of the greatest kings of Babylonia‚ came to power stretching Babylonia ’s borders to the north‚ east‚ and south. Shortly after becoming king (1792-1750 B.C.E.)‚ Hammurabi created a code of two hundred and eighty two laws based on the saying‚ "eye for an eye‚ tooth for a tooth".
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Destiny Taylor In looking at the similarities and differences of the political characteristics of Mesopotamia and Egypt between 8000 BCE and 1500 BCE‚ include structure (similarities and differences in how they were politically organized)‚ foreign policy (differences in impact foreign control had on their culture‚ government and religion)‚ social structure (similarities and differences in the rights and roles of the different social classes)‚ and women (similarities and differences in jobs available
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