10-15-05

                Review Questions on Ancient Mesopotamia,
                                   

                               
1. Why do we say that “history begins at Sumer”?

2. Why did organized governments arise in Sumer?                                 Gilgamesh

3. Why is the Code of Hammurabi such an important advancement in civilization?

4.  How did the Babylonians fit the punishment to the crime?

5.  Is harshness in the law the key to an orderly society?

6.  How was Sumerian afterlife different from that of the Egyptians?

7.  What ancient civilizations gained complete or partial control of the Near East?

8.  Where did the Persian expansion fail?

15. Who conquered the Persian Empire?

9.  What were the main features of the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism?

10.  Who were the Phoenecians?

11.  What was the great contribution of the Jews to civilization?

12.  What are three basic teachings of the Jews?

13.  Where did the Jews come from originally in the Middle East?

14.   Why did the Jews go into Egypt?

15.  How did the Jews get out of Egypt?  

16.  What is the Judaeo-Christian ethic?