Chapter 2.1
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Transcript of Chapter 2.1
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Chapter 2.1Dexter Breunig
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Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
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Fertile Crescent • Fertile Crescent is an
arc of land from the Mediterranean sea to the Persian gulf.
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Sumerians
• The creators of the first Mesopotamian civilization.
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Polytheistic
• To have beliefs in many gods.
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City-states
• The basic units of Sumerian civilization
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Uruk
• The country gained control of the countryside
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Ziggurat
• A temple built atop a massive stepped tower.
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Theocracy
• A government by divine authority
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Cuneiform
• A system of writing
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Gilgemesh
• An epic poem that records the exploits of a legendary king named Gilgamesh.
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Scribe
Boys that are copyists, teachers, and jurists.
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Akkadians
They spoke a Semitic language.
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Sargon
• Leader of the Akkadians
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Empire
• A large political unit or state.
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Babylon A city-state south of Akkad.
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Hammurbi
• King of Summer and Akkad.
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Patriarchal
men dominated the society.