AP World History Mesopotamia Flashcards
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| 2856870652 | Fertile cresent | Arc of land between the persian gulf and the medditerean sea in southwest asia | 0 | |
| 2856870653 | Mesopotamia | The birth place of civilization(first river valley) | 1 | |
| 2856870654 | Mesopotamia | Land between the rivers | 2 | |
| 2856870655 | Tigris and euphrates | Mesopotamia's 2 main rivers | 3 | |
| 2856870656 | Tigris and euphrates | Two rivers that flooded sporadically and left thick bed of slit, farmers could plant and harvest enormously wheat | 4 | |
| 2856870657 | Sumerians | First empire,Sumer was first empire (empire of the Sumerians) | 5 | |
| 2856870658 | Akkadians | The sumarians where overthrown bye who...c.1700BCE | 6 | |
| 2856870659 | Babylonians | Who overthrew the akkadians c.2050-1750BCE | 7 | |
| 2856870660 | Hitties | Who took power next mainly because their superior iton weopons in mesopotamia | 8 | |
| 2856877855 | Mesopotamia | Who had powerful city states | 9 | |
| 2856904662 | No barriers | Why was Mesopotamia always attacked | 10 | |
| 2856870661 | Assyrians | Last empire in mesopotamia | 11 | |
| 2856910733 | Temple priest | Sumers earliest government were controlled by ...who demand a portion of crops as a tax | 12 | |
| 2856922459 | Powerful military men | Who became to assume power over large areas | 13 | |
| 2856929001 | System of hereditary | When power is passed down to family members(a dynasty) | 14 | |
| 2856932779 | Polytheistic | Believe in many gods | 15 | |
| 2856935528 | Build temples and ziggurats | What do you have to do to keep a god happy in Mesopotamia | 16 | |
| 2856938511 | Monument | A large structure | 17 | |
| 2856940710 | Sumarians society | 1.Kings and priest 2.wealthy merchants 3.ordinary 4.slaves | 18 |