SJS History 8 test beniretto test 4 vocab
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imaanm on December 3, 2011
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Has all the vocab from the wiki for the beniretto's mesopotamia test
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SJS OPEN midterms -and other things- (2016), 9th Grade Sets, SJS 2016 PUBLIC
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Individualism | Freedom of an individual is valued more than the group 1. One of the basic tenets of the Modern West 2. Theory originated in Mesopotamia |
| Possessive individualism | Individual is responsible for his own talents 1. He has no obligations to society 2. Society has no obligations to him |
| Idiosyncrasy | An unusual or peculiar behavior of an INDIVIDUAL 1. Is NOT a component of culture 2. Can bring down a culture's development |
| Basic tenets | Beliefs, in the modern west include: 1. Possessive individualism 2. Scientific utility 3. Free market philosophy |
| Mesopotamia | 1. "Land between the river" 2. Between Tigris and Euphrates 3. Part of fertile crescent 4. Site of the 4 major civilizations |
| Alluvial | Loose, unconsolidated soil that has been eroded and deposited by WATER |
| Silt | Particles of dirt brought by water and deposited as sediment |
| Irrigation | To supply the land with water by means of ditches, pipes, or streams, used water wheels and shadoofs(?) in Mesopotamia |
| Continuity | Uninterrupted periods of time, beliefs, ideas, and culture stayed the same |
| Mosques | Places of worship for Muslims 1. Not around in Mesopotamian times 2. Many in modern day Mesopotamian area 3. Example of continuity - sacred places of different religions located in the same places of thousands over years |
| Mudhifs | Mud huts, architecture stayed the same for 5,000 years |
| Apsu | Name of the main god and god of water under the Earth, also the name of the river from which life emerged near Eridu |
| Edin | Mesopotamian word for grasslands, we call it Eden, viewed as a paradise through history, signifies the beauty of the natural world |
| Homo Oeconomicus | 1. "Economic man" 2. More focused on money and business than spiritual life 3. Describes modern western thinking 4. Began in Mesopotamia with the invention of writing and trade |
| Semitic | 1. People who are Afro-Asianic 2. Included Hebrews, Aramaic, Arabic, and Amharic people 3. Have three main languages 4. Sargon established first Mesopotamian Semitic dynasty |
| Cuneiform | 1. One of the earliest forms of written expression 2. Originally used to list debts and goods, list of uses increased 3. Gave birth to world's first great literature (Gilgamesh) |
| Ziggurats | Temples made to the gods that controlled fate of the city-states of Sumer, appeared first about 5000 years ago |
| Internecine | 1. Mutually destructive, conflict within a group 2. Hittites - Internecine warfare brought it down (brotherhood bonds broken) 3. Mesopotamia - Internecine conflict for land and water (too many people) |
| Sargon | The builder of the first Akkadian empire |
| The Exile | Nebuchadnezzar (King of Babylon) forced 10,000 skilled and upper class jews of Judah to go and settle in Babylon after conquering them |
| Nebuchadnezzar | 1. King of ancient Babylon from 605 - 562 BC 2. Prevented Syria and Egypt from taking his territory 3. Conquered Phoenicia and Judah (exile) |
| Hezekiah (Zedekiah) | King of Judah, was captured by Nebuchadnezzar, held in Babylon |
| Cyrus the Great | "Conquered" Babylon, Jews welcomed him, was good and people loved him |
| Salinization | 1. Too much salt in the land 2. Caused by over irrigating 3. Causes collapse of civilization based on ecology |
| Order of four main civilizations | 1. Sumerians 2. Amorites (Old Babylonians) then Neo-Babylonians 3. Assyrians 4. Hittites |
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