Mesopotamia+midterm+review

Turkey ||
 * Page 62 #2, || people who originated in Africa made stone and used stone tools and lived by hunting and gathering; we know from archaeology ||
 * Page 62 || #3 Changes which occurred in Stone age people as they settled in one place were agriculture and domesticating animals ||
 * Page 62 || #4 Which is more challenging: hunting wild animals or caring for domesticated ones ||
 * Page 62 || #5 animals today are used for food, work, transportation and companionship ||
 * Page 68 #2 || * An agricultural society emerged in the fertile crescent because of
 * The rivers which provided fresh water, silt for growing plants, reeds for building shelters, fish for adding to your meals ||
 * Page 68 #3 || * __Advantages__ of settling near a river: plenty of water and food (fishing and water birds)
 * __Disadvantages__ of settling near a river:
 * Flooding ||
 * Page 68 #4 || * Countries which occupy the Fertile crescent today:
 * Iran
 * Iraq
 * Israel
 * Jordan
 * Kuwait
 * Lebanon
 * Syria
 * Page 76 #2 || * The culture of Mesopotamia included:
 * Government, record keeping, religion, music, art, writing, architecture ||
 * Page 76 #3 || * The Assyrians were so successful in building an empire because
 * They did not destroy the societies they conquered but created laws and improved cities
 * They had a relay station system of communication to manage their empire
 * Page 76 #4 || * Major achievements Mesopotamian civilization:
 * Large organized empires
 * Wheels
 * Potter’s wheel
 * Wheeled chariots
 * Instruments to measure time
 * Melt bronze into molds
 * Studied the night skies
 * Calendars based on movement of the sun and moon
 * Page 76 #5 || * Hammurabi wrote laws to govern his people.
 * Those laws would include:
 * Organizing the agricultural production of the land, record keeping and defense against raiders from outside countries
 * Page 76 #6 || * Comparison of early civilizations measuring time with how we measure time
 * Both Mesopotamians and people of today use a system based on 60 seconds
 * Both civilizations, Mesopotamia and our own have a calendar based on the movement of the Sun
 * Page 83 #1 || * The Bible: A collection of Religious writings which retells the history of the Israelites coming to understand God as the one true GOd
 * Page 88 #1 || * ||
 * Page 88 #3 || * Scientist study what prehistoric people left behind including bones and artifacts such as stone tools
 * Page 88 #4 || * Hunter gatherers began to settle in one place near the fields where they grew their own food. They tamed and raised animals, ate the meat and used the skins for clothing and shelter
 * Page 88 #5 || * Specialization of labor occurred because there was enough food so that not everyone needed to farm. Once different people took on different tasks, such as caring for animal and building irrigation ditches, different social classes developed, along with different political and cultural groups
 * Page 88 #6 || * Cuniform writing began as a means for farmers to keep track of how much surplus food they had, along with the goods and services they needed
 * Page 88 #7 || * The Code of Hammurabi was the group of 282 laws that governed Babylonia. It set down different punishments for different crimes, depending on the class of the people involved ||
 * Page 88 #8 || * According to the Bible Abraham made a covenant with God, (an agreement) to worship only God and no other gods. Abram then moved to Canaan where he had many descendants who all share the same belief.
 * Page 88 #9 || * The Bible is a collection of religious writings that contain the story of the ancient Jews. The Torah makes up the first five books of the Bible and contains the laws which are central to Jewish beliefs; the Talmud contains the rabbi’s interpretations of the Bible; the Haggadah tells the story of Moses and the Jews’ exodus from Egypt ||
 * Page 88 #4 || * Hunter gatherers began to settle in one place near the fields where they grew their own food. They tamed and raised animals, ate the meat and used the skins for clothing and shelter
 * Page 88 #5 || * Specialization of labor occurred because there was enough food so that not everyone needed to farm. Once different people took on different tasks, such as caring for animal and building irrigation ditches, different social classes developed, along with different political and cultural groups
 * Page 88 #6 || * Cuniform writing began as a means for farmers to keep track of how much surplus food they had, along with the goods and services they needed
 * Page 88 #7 || * The Code of Hammurabi was the group of 282 laws that governed Babylonia. It set down different punishments for different crimes, depending on the class of the people involved ||
 * Page 88 #8 || * According to the Bible Abraham made a covenant with God, (an agreement) to worship only God and no other gods. Abram then moved to Canaan where he had many descendants who all share the same belief.
 * Page 88 #9 || * The Bible is a collection of religious writings that contain the story of the ancient Jews. The Torah makes up the first five books of the Bible and contains the laws which are central to Jewish beliefs; the Talmud contains the rabbi’s interpretations of the Bible; the Haggadah tells the story of Moses and the Jews’ exodus from Egypt ||
 * Page 88 #7 || * The Code of Hammurabi was the group of 282 laws that governed Babylonia. It set down different punishments for different crimes, depending on the class of the people involved ||
 * Page 88 #8 || * According to the Bible Abraham made a covenant with God, (an agreement) to worship only God and no other gods. Abram then moved to Canaan where he had many descendants who all share the same belief.
 * Page 88 #9 || * The Bible is a collection of religious writings that contain the story of the ancient Jews. The Torah makes up the first five books of the Bible and contains the laws which are central to Jewish beliefs; the Talmud contains the rabbi’s interpretations of the Bible; the Haggadah tells the story of Moses and the Jews’ exodus from Egypt ||
 * Page 88 #9 || * The Bible is a collection of religious writings that contain the story of the ancient Jews. The Torah makes up the first five books of the Bible and contains the laws which are central to Jewish beliefs; the Talmud contains the rabbi’s interpretations of the Bible; the Haggadah tells the story of Moses and the Jews’ exodus from Egypt ||