CAS HI 101 Midterm: HI 101 EXAM 1 (Got A for the course)
12 Feb 2016
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Lay plain between the tigris and euphrates river. Able to produce abundant food (grains) and feed herds. Abundant food and lack of metal development of trade relation. Long distance between commercial ties development of writing. Did not have any military but had rich resources attracted invaders. Dominant group until conquered by akkadians: business, protection, writings. Led to monopoly of literacy among professional scribes. Wrote by pressing figures into mud or clay tablets. Recorded economic transactions, astronomical charts, religious poems and prayers: religion, rulers. Epic of gilgamesh great sumerian poem to remind people of unpredictability of gods. Best known as a literary figure: hero of the babylonian epic. Akkadians (2350 2100 bce: ruler. Established kitted-together empire, governed by his family members: respected sumerian culture, adopted its language, institutions, and religion, babylon succeed the akkadians. Protection against anger of gods: civilization started to disdain sumerian ways of life. The gradual corrosion of the alluvial plain; no more abundant food.
