PETERSON CLEP - ANCIENT NEAR EAST
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What was Mesopotamia?
The fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What was another nickname for Mesopotamia?
The “Cradle of Civilization”
Who created Mesopotamian civilization?
The Sumerians
What was cuneiform?
The first written symbols, developed by the Sumerians.
What were ziggurats?
Temples built on massive stepped towers.
What did ziggurats represent?
The link between humans and their gods above.
Where was the White Temple of Uruk located?
In present-day Iraq.
To which god was the White Temple of Uruk dedicated?
The sky god Anu.
What was votive statuary?
Ancient devotional sculptures placed in temples as permanent stand-ins for worshippers.
What did the Sumerians use to build temples and tombs?
Mud bricks
What is the Royal Standard of Ur?
Wooden box depicting the activity of the king and a banquet.
What are steles?
Upright marker stones carved in relief.
Who were the Akkadians?
Semitic people who lived north of the Sumerians.
Who was the most powerful king of the Babylonians?
Hammurabi
What was the Code of Hammurabi?
A collection of 282 of Hammurabi’s laws carved into a blank stele.
Name 4 empires that came after the Babylonians.
Hittites, Assyrians, Neo-Babylonians, and Achaemenids