Chapter 2 Flashcards
Development of Society
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| 252341818 | Mesopotamia | - "land between the two rivers" (Tigris and Euphrates) - circa 8000 BCE - 4000 BCE - Sumer= population center | 0 | |
| 252341819 | Civilizations of Mesopotamia | Babylonians Assyrians | 1 | |
| 252341820 | Sargon of Akkad | 2370 BCE - 2315 BCE made a coup against king of Kish | 2 | |
| 252341821 | Hammurabi | 1792 BCE - 1750 BCE centralizes bureaucracy capital = Babylon conquered by Hittites (Anatolia) in 1595 | 3 | |
| 252341822 | Law Code of Hammurabi | Law of Retribution and importance of status "les talionis"- an eye for an eye | 4 | |
| 252341823 | Assyrians | 1300 BCE - 612 BCE major cities= Assur and Ninvah military society : chariots, iron weaponry | 5 | |
| 252341824 | New Babylonian Empire | King Nebuchadnezzar - persecution of Jews | 6 | |
| 252341825 | Economy | Bronze; Iron; Wheel; Shipbuilding | 7 | |
| 252341826 | Cuneiform | writing style that becomes standard pictographic | 8 | |
| 252376928 | Phoenicians | - settle about 3000 BCE; develop independent city states - create alphabetical script (1500 BCE) | 9 | |
| 252376929 | Indo-Europeans | - pastoralists - society breaks up 3000 BCE -> Migrate - from the steppes of central Asia | 10 | |
| 252376930 | Hittites | - settle in central Anatolia about 2000 BCE - build powerful kingdoms and iron metallurgy for military | 11 | |
| 252376931 | 4 River Valley Civilizations | Indus - Harappan River Mesopotamia - Tigris & Euphrates Egyptian - Nubia -> Kush -- Nile River China - Yellow and HuangHe | 12 |