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26 Cards in this Set
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Who was Sargon the Great?
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Sargon was the king who conquered the Sumerian city-states and founded the Akkad Dynasty.
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Who was Naramsin?
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-Grandson of Sargon(the founder of Akkad)
-Became a living god which was an innovation. |
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What were the forms of state in Mesopotamia?
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Started off as small city states and later became strong centralized states
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Who is Gilgamesh?
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5th King of Uruk in the Early dynastic period.
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Who is Enkidu?
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Companion of Gilgamesh.
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Who is Ishtar?
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-Goddess of fertility, love, war, and sex.
-Tempts Gilgamesh with sex and the sends the bull of heaven to attack him and Enkidu when he refuses |
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What is the Sumerian flood story?
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jonah and the ark
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List the order of the Dynasties in Mesopotamia
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Early Dynastic Period
Ancient Akkad Ur III Old Babylonia Assyrian Empire |
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Who was the great king of Akkad?
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Sargon the great
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What does it mean when a king is called Lugal?
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(Big Man) his role as warrior
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What does it mean when a king is called Ensi?
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(governor) his role as negotiator/judge
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what is lugal?
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the warrior term for king in the early dynastic period
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what is Ensi?
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the term for the king as the negotiator/judge in the early dynastic period
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What dynasty had very elaborate record keeping?
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Ur III
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What did the Babylonian Empire form out of?
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Akkad and Sumer
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What Empire was Hammurabi King of?
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The Babylonian Empire
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What time did the Babylonians want to live in?
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The beginning of time
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What two rivers were in Mesopotamia?
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The Tigris and Euphrates
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Who was Ashur the chief god of?
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The Assyrians
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What inventions helped the Assyrian army?
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Siege towers and Iron weapons
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What was interesting about what the kings of Assyria did with the empires capitol?
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The moved it
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What Dynasty was Assurnasirpal king of?
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Assyria
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What happens in the Babylonian New Year Celebration?
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-purification and prayers
-Recitation -humiliation of the king -king "takes the hand of marduk" everything returns to order |
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What was the early script/writing of Mesopotamia called?
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Cuneiform
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name two states in which kings approach divine status
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Akkad
and Ur III |
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Who had the first Imperial System in Mesopotamia?
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the Assyrians
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