HST 1100 Exam 1 Study Guide || with 100% Accurate Solutions.
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Civilization correct answers A complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share a variety of common elements.
Four Basic Characteristics:
1- An urban focus
2- A distinct religious structure
3-New political and military structure
4- A new social structure based on economic power
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Civilization correct answers A complex culture in which large numbers of human beings share a
variety of common elements.
Four Basic Characteristics:
1- An urban focus
2- A distinct religious structure
3-New political and military structure
4- A new social structure based on economic power
5- New forms of significant artistic and intellectual activities
Mesopotamia correct answers Who: Sumerians
Four major classes:
1- Royal & priestly officials
2- Dependent Commoners
3- Free Commoners
4-Slaves
--People were anxious
Where:
--Valley between the Tigris and Euphrates River in Southwest Asia
(The Land between the two Rivers)
Why:
--Tigris and Euphrates would overflow, unpredictable and destructive.
--People were very inventive with bricks
--Believed in theocracy
-- Economy primarily agricultural
--Temples were a big deal
--Religion was POLYTHEISTIC
--Writing was used primarily has keeping records.
--Outstanding development in astronomy and math.
--Vulnerable to invasion
--Kings divinely appointed.
Epic of Gilgamesh correct answers Who: Mesopotamian
What: Utnapishtim tell Gilgamesh about he survived the great flood.
--He built a boat
Where:
, Why: The world was wicked and washed out the people.
Sargon of Akkad correct answers Famous for his conquest of the Sumerian
Waged military campaigns
Old Kingdom correct answers Who: Egyptians
What:
---King Menes united bot Upper and Lower Egypt into single kingdom.
--Kingship united the two areas politically.
--Made visible the largest pyramids.
-- Agriculture and treasury were the most important departments.
Early Dynastic Period
Where: Egypt
Nile River correct answers What:
--Longest river
--"Miracle Flooding"
--Left deposit in soil known as "Back Land" great for crops.
--Predictable
--Ancient times-fastest way of communication.
Where: Egypt
Why: Great for growing crops
--Allowed protection from invasions.
Pharaoh correct answers Who: Egyptian Kings
What: Ruled over each area
Where: Old Kingdom
Why:
--Formed a universal cosmic scheme
--Was at the heart of Egypt's ritual life.
Pyramids correct answers Who: Egyptians
What:
-- City of the dead
--Tombs for mummified bodies
--Important symbol for royal power
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