HIST 1001 : HIstory Exam 1
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Monday 8-31-15: mesopotamian civilizations- history of military conquest and takeover, they called themselves the black headed people , sumerians, akkadians, assyrians, babylonians. Ziggurat of ur: used as temples, storage units to hold grain, made of mud that turned into bricks from the heat of the sun, overtime erosion took them down. Cuneiform: a wedge shaped writing on a soft clay with a reed pen, writing was a special skill used for accounting and keeping track of important stuff-inventory and lists. Epic of gilgamesh: a young crazy king, enkidu- half man half animal sent down from the gods to teach. Two main western language groups: semitic, indo-european. Akkadians: semitic group that comes into the area around 2300 b. c. with their king, sargon. The king is a friend of the gods at them. Eras of ancient egyptian history: old kingdom 3000-2200 bc, middle kingdom 2040-1785 bc, new kingdom 1550-1085 bc.
