World Civilization Exam 1

a civilization is a large scale system of human political, economic, and social organization. civilizations include laws that govern a code of manners and social conduct, and scientific, philosophical, and theological beliefs that explain the larger world.

A mesopotamia is an ancient region in western asia between the tigris and the Euphrates river were several cities thrived

sumerian form of writing; the term describes the wedge shaped strokes of the stylus. it was difficult to understand and developed as time passed

Hammurabis law code was a proclamation in the language of the land issued by the Babylonian king Hammurabi to establish law and justice; it inflicted harsh punishments, but was

an Egyptian book that preserved ideas about death and the afterlife; it explains that the soul leaves the body to become part of the divine after death.

they were master seafarers and they created the first alphabet.

they were uncertain of their origins, abraham is the founder, they were often warring, they had hebrew monarchies.

• -had a sophisticated military organization
• -swift downfall
• -assyrian artists

• -created one of the largest empires.
• -freed the jews from babylonian captivity
• -thought of himself as a great king.

• -religion based off of either good or evil
• -came from persia
• -Dualism (2 gods)

• -foot soldier
• -heavily armed
• -backbone of greek army

-state serfs that worked the land

• -A greek society that developed around 1650
• -created linear B

-the palace was the center of political and economic excellence

-wrote the illyiad and the odysey

• -characteristics of greek culture
• -adopting greek culture

• -created the hellenistic world
• -created three dynasties
• -polis replaced by leagues
• -ay khanoum
• -new cities and colonies

• -made an alliance with hannibal against rome
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• -the father of medicine
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