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25 Cards in this Set
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SARGON
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means King is ligitmate, Moses-like birth story, Urzababa's cupbearer, seized the throne, defeated all rivals, controled 2/3 of Mesopotamia, wind influence
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GUDED
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LAGASH's ENSI during the Guti anarchy, extended Lagash's sphere of influence, increased agricultural wealth, imported luxury items to build eninnu complex example of PIOUS and ENSI
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SHULGI
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Consolidated Neosumerian Empire, ruled with wide influences, established uniform system of weights and measures, lunar calendar, cultural Renaissance, reconstruction program, studied Cuneiform, music and engineering, example of LUGAL
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MAR.TU
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AKKADIAN=AMURRU BIBICAL= AMORITES
settelers from Arabian desert, seized power, empire declined and fell, |
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HAMMURAPI
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6th kind of the 1st dynasty of Babylon, restructured military and politic, consolidated Mesopotamia into an Empire, Pre-Roman law code, reformed the calendar, massive building program
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Old Babyloian Period Innovations of Hammurapi's Era
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1) Widespread deeded private property
2) Extensive Bureancracy & army Finances by ilkum 3) Began a national religon via Enuma Elish 4) Maintained a rigdid social stratification. |
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ASHURNASIRPAL II
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Established Assyrian Dominance. used terrorism as statecraft,bult Kalkhu to set up a name,
Ashshur nasir aply = Assur is heir's guardian |
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TIGLATHPLIESER III
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most brilliane, name PUL, cited biblically for levant activities, adminstration, road system, pony express
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ASHURBANIPAL
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last great Neo-Assyrian Monarch, Built Nineveh's library, kept great records, built Prodigiously to set up a name.
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MEBUCHADREZZAR II
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King of Babyloian, bictorious in Media, Levant & Egypt, Crushed Judean Revolt & Exiled 3000 Jews, Built the hanging Gardens, Art patron.
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MABU-NA'ID
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ambassador serving the babylonians, crowned to avoid usurpers war, campaigned in Arabia to secure trade toutes, rumored mad, betrayed and exiled, last king of Mesopotamian
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CYRUS II
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Persian King, Defeated Assyrian, decreed the Jews could resettled Judah, Set borders at Egype, Indus, Jaxartes & Aegean, called the Great.
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DARIUS I
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Founder of the Achaemenid Empire, Crushed all oponents, reformed the legal system & laws, used native Satraps (governors) built roads and canals, commissioned Behistum incription, conducted war against Greese.
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AN ( anum)
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Personifed Heaven, Chief of the Pantheon, Zoomorph was the bull of heaven, inventory & bestower of kingship amoun men, regal power & divine splendor, source of authorty, Husband to Antum
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ENLIL ( Ellil)
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Lord WInd, Atmosphere, leader of the Gods, pronouncer of the fates, nourishing spring rains, embodiment of military command powers, caused the great flood, Consort was Ninlil
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ENKI ( Ea)
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Lord Earth & earth's surface, sweet water God, personified intelligence ( lord bright eyes) libation and purification god, kindly despsed to those in distress, savior of humanity in flood myth, ruled in erech w/consort Ninki
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INANNA (Ishtar)
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Lady Date cluster, lifegiving dates, goddness of eemale fertility (plantlife)
war & love goddness, preserver of foodstuff in emple, patroness of URUK w/father AN, wedded to Dumazi ( very fickled and troublesome) |
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DUMUZI
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quickner of youth, male fertility, (Tammuz) lifegiving power in milk
(Damu) Fertilizing bud in the date palm (Ululu) protective god of herdsmen (Ababa) god of seasonal changes(dying & Resurrecting god) (Amaushumgalanna) badtiberra patron & inanna's husband |
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UTU (Shamash)
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sun & light god, justice 7 law dispenser, Settler of disputes, Sippar ruler & Ebarbar Resident, Bison Zoomorph, w/saw symbol
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ANNA (sin)
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moon & time god
Claendar god & keeper of the tides, Great progenitor of leser gods, symbolized by quarter moon, patron god of UR & Harran |
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AMAR.UTU
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National God of Babylonia, (Marduk) city god of Babylon, Enuma Elish Hero & New King of the gods, thunder & storm God, createdt eh world from Tiamat's body
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ASSUR
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god of Assyrian national interests, national god of Assyria, granted rulership to his warror kings, reported to annually on campaings, patron of assur & resident of esharral
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AHURA-MAZDA
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Principal god of Persia, god of goodness, embodiment of holy purity, stimulus of all god, source of perfect health, granted of kingship, worshipped upon high places
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Themes of Religion Thorkid Jacobsen's in the histoyr of Mesopotamian Society
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c4000-c3000 BC/fear of famine/Numinous or zoomorphs
c3000-2000 BC/fear of war/Anthropomorphic rulers c2000-1000BC/fear of sin/parental guardians c1000-550BC/confusion/renagade gods. |
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Mesopotamian Temple Lands
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Gana-ni-en-na=lord's fields,(sacrifices)
Gana-ku-ra=food land(temle staff's support) Gana-apin-la=plough land(tenant farming poor) E(bitu)=Temple ( a workplace for a god) Ziggurat=a stage tower( a residence fo a god) Temenous=Sacred platform(religious district) |
