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YSU Rise & Fall
YSU Rise & Fall of Civilization Test 2
Question | Answer |
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Ubaid Period dates and settlement | 5500-4000BC 2-teired settlement hierarchy (big towns with villages around them) |
Who saved the town of Eridu from the floods and what did he do first? | Enki Patron god is Enki who saved humans from a great flood but first he put the cosmos in order. |
Temples and priests | Priests have power nature and crops go together Priests are like cheifs and Temples are the symbol of town |
Ubaid Period had what kind of farming? | simple village farming |
Ubaid Period imports lead to... | increased complexity |
Ubaid Period sites were where? | sites on the flood plain Eridu |
Eridu is from this period | Ubaid |
A Zigarot is? | Massive Temples called Zigarots Religion from Ubaid period |
Enki is the patron god of whom? | Eridu |
How big was Eridu? | 10 hectares or 25 acres with 2000-4000 people |
Where were the first true temples? | Eridu. Temple preceinct is center ring, then elite houses, artisans/spcialists, then farmers |
Multiple centers & gods, competed but shared some cultural identity where & when? | During Ubaid period (5500-4000) in Lower Mesopotamia |
Uruk City | Might be world's first city. |
Uruk period 4000-3200 | First cities with huge population growth // 3 & 4 tiered settlement hierarchy; pantheon of gods; priest-rulers "en"; central temples "Zigurats"; taxes' beginning of writing; mass production pottery |