HIS 104 Comprehensive Examination
◉ Mesopotamia. Answer: A region between the Tigris and
Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the
Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian
and Assyrian empires, In the Iron Age, it was ruled by the Neo-
Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires.
◉ Hammurabi. Answer: Babylonian king who codified the laws of
Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)
◉ Cuneiform. Answer: A form of writing developed by the
Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.
◉ Bronze Age. Answer: a period of human culture between the
Stone Age and the Iron Age, characterized by the use of weapons
and implements made of bronze
◉ Assyrians. Answer: very harsh people who exploited the use of
iron weapons to build their Mesopotamian empire, which lasted less
than 100 years. they had a king with absolute power
◉ Sumerians. Answer: The people who dominated southern
Mesopotamia through the end of the third millennium B.C.E. They
were responsible for the creation of many fundamental elements of
, Mesopotamian culture-such as irrigation technology, cuneiform, and
religious conceptions.
◉ Persians. Answer: Ethnic group that settled in what is now Iran.
They were rivals for control of Mesopotamia with the Greeks, and
later the Arabs.
◉ Babylonians. Answer: A group of people who conquered the
Sumerians. They had a very famous king named Hammurabi.
Hammurabi created nearly 300 laws known as Hammurabi's Code
of Laws, the old known legal system based on the concept of "an eye
for an eye, a tooth for a tooth".
◉ Israelites. Answer: Descendants of Abraham who left
Mesopotamia and settled in Canaan
◉ Aegean Sea. Answer: A body of water by Mediterranean Sea that
touches the borders of Greece & Asia Minor. It also has many islands
in it, including Crete.
◉ Sparta. Answer: A powerful Greek military polis that was often at
war with Athens. Used slaves known as helots to provide
agricultural labor.
◉ Alexander the Great. Answer: son of Philip II; received military
training in Macedonian army and was a student of Aristotle; great
◉ Mesopotamia. Answer: A region between the Tigris and
Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the
Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian
and Assyrian empires, In the Iron Age, it was ruled by the Neo-
Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires.
◉ Hammurabi. Answer: Babylonian king who codified the laws of
Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)
◉ Cuneiform. Answer: A form of writing developed by the
Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.
◉ Bronze Age. Answer: a period of human culture between the
Stone Age and the Iron Age, characterized by the use of weapons
and implements made of bronze
◉ Assyrians. Answer: very harsh people who exploited the use of
iron weapons to build their Mesopotamian empire, which lasted less
than 100 years. they had a king with absolute power
◉ Sumerians. Answer: The people who dominated southern
Mesopotamia through the end of the third millennium B.C.E. They
were responsible for the creation of many fundamental elements of
, Mesopotamian culture-such as irrigation technology, cuneiform, and
religious conceptions.
◉ Persians. Answer: Ethnic group that settled in what is now Iran.
They were rivals for control of Mesopotamia with the Greeks, and
later the Arabs.
◉ Babylonians. Answer: A group of people who conquered the
Sumerians. They had a very famous king named Hammurabi.
Hammurabi created nearly 300 laws known as Hammurabi's Code
of Laws, the old known legal system based on the concept of "an eye
for an eye, a tooth for a tooth".
◉ Israelites. Answer: Descendants of Abraham who left
Mesopotamia and settled in Canaan
◉ Aegean Sea. Answer: A body of water by Mediterranean Sea that
touches the borders of Greece & Asia Minor. It also has many islands
in it, including Crete.
◉ Sparta. Answer: A powerful Greek military polis that was often at
war with Athens. Used slaves known as helots to provide
agricultural labor.
◉ Alexander the Great. Answer: son of Philip II; received military
training in Macedonian army and was a student of Aristotle; great
