Traditions and encounters: a global perspective on the past.
Ch 2: early societies in southwest Asia and the info European migration. (Early Civilization)
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| 7388791503 | Epic of Gilgamesh | An epic poem from Mesopotamia, and among the earliest known works of literary writing. | 0 | |
| 7388791504 | Mesopotamia | Land between two rivers | 1 | |
| 7388791505 | Irrigation | Supplying land with water through a network of canals | 2 | |
| 7388791506 | Semitic migrants | Traveled arojnd mesopotamia and egypt during first 2500 years of hosptey and established kingdoms in israel and palestine. (Israrelites from old testiment.) | 3 | |
| 7388791507 | Sumerian city-states | Sumer, the worlds first civilization. They traded, farmed and was located on the southern tip of mesopotamia. | 4 | |
| 7388791508 | Ziggurat | a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top | 5 | |
| 7388791509 | Sargon of Akkad | First conqueror of world history | 6 | |
| 7388791510 | Hammurabi | Ruler of Babylon; created Hammurabi's code | 7 | |
| 7388791511 | Code of Hammurabi | based on system of strict justice | 8 | |
| 7388791512 | Assyrian Empire | 934 to 608 BCE, Successful Empire in Mesopotamia, first big empure. | 9 | |
| 7388791513 | Chaldean Empire | The 2nd babylonian empire | 10 | |
| 7388791514 | Nebuchadnezzar | Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon | 11 | |
| 7388791515 | bronze metallurgy | Copper and tin combine to make bronze | 12 | |
| 7388791516 | iron metallurgy | Creation of iron | 13 | |
| 7388791517 | Trade | Exchange of goods | 14 | |
| 7388791518 | patriarchal society | Men were greater than women | 15 | |
| 7388791519 | Slaves | Servents | 16 | |
| 7388791520 | Pictograph | A picture or drawing representing words or ideas | 17 | |
| 7388791521 | Cuneiform | A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets. | 18 | |
| 7388791522 | Hebrews | Abrahamic people, cane from egypt and lived bwtween egypt and mesopotamia. (Old testament) | 19 | |
| 7388791523 | Israelites | Descendants of Abraham who left Mesopotamia and settled in Canaan | 20 | |
| 7388791524 | Moses | Led the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt; received the 10 commandments | 21 | |
| 7388791525 | Jews | Desendants from the tribe of Judah | 22 | |
| 7388791526 | Montheism | belief in one God | 23 | |
| 7388791527 | Polytheism | Belief in many gods | 24 | |
| 7388791528 | Ten Commandments | ten laws and teachings said to have been given to Moses by God | 25 | |
| 7388791529 | King Solomon | The Hebrew king who built Jerusalem's first great temple; son of King David. | 26 | |
| 7388791530 | Kingdom of Israel and Judah | Hewbrew decendants. Lives in jerusalem, Judah is the southern part of Isreael | 27 | |
| 7388791531 | Phoenicians | people of Southwest Asia who began to trade around 1100 B.C. Alphabet creators | 28 | |
| 7388791532 | Maritime Trade | Navagatiknal trade throguh shipping | 29 | |
| 7388791533 | Phonetic alphabet | Developed by Phoenicians, had 22 letters | 30 | |
| 7388791534 | Indo-European | People between europe and asia, had horses and farming and traded. | 31 | |
| 7388791535 | Migration | A movement from one country or region to another | 32 |
