HIST 1001 Chapter : Term List 1 Ancient Near East 1
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Yearly floods created fertile flood plains allowing agriculture. One of the first cities: foundation of the city of sumer. One of the earliest forms of writing. Behistun inscription: translated in 1857 to greek. Other city-states: ur, lagash, eridu, kish. Found difference between lunar and solar year. No concept of property: everything belonged to the gods. Came from north of the sumerians: city of akkad. Heavily influenced culture and religion from sumerians. Warrior aristocracy: warriors ruled, peasants worked the land. Centered empire in babylon: near modern day baghdad. Subdivided land: governors over providences, answered to him, eventually overthrew him. 282 laws: strict and all encompassing. Predictable floods left fertile flood plains for agriculture: nile"s flood plains were the best in the region. United the upper and lower egyptian kingdoms c. 3100. Pharaoh held a tight grip over them: eventually they grow to powerful and the old kingdom period comes to an. Conquered lower kingdom (c. 2055 bce: started the middle kingdom period.
