Introduction to World Civilization

Yanıt Açıklaması: The people of Mesopotamia believed that the universe was controlled by gods and goddesses who had to be obeyed and worshipped with prayers and offerings.

Yanıt Açıklaması: A group of Egyptian Pharaohs were the mighty builders. These kings took advantage of the blueprint that the Founders have bequeathed them and they made the best of their forefathers’ wisdom and excelled, to the pride of their ancestors. They called themselves the Horus Kings, each identifying with a particular god. Among these kings were Djoser, Pepi I, Pepi II, Sekemket, and Peripsen. The correct answer is C.

Yanıt Açıklaması: During the last 6000 years, about 29 civilizations were developed and transformed into 9-10 major civilizations today

Yanıt Açıklaması: Telipinu's first major challenge was to bring an end to dynastic succession conflicts. Therefore, he declared a law which concluded that the first male child born from the first wife of the king would designated to ascend to the throne, primogeniture; if such a child was not available, then the next male child would become the king. If a king had no male child at all, then his eldest daughter’s son would become the subsequent king.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Gordios is the famous king of the Phrygian Civilization.

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Yanıt Açıklaması: i. Urban planning was developed.  ii. Major cities had stone- paved streets. iii. Wheel was first used for transpotation. v. World’s first boats were built. These were the characteristics of the infra structure but not  iv. Canal system was underdeveloped because they could sail their boats along the canals and carried out trade.

Yanıt Açıklaması: During their middle courses they gradually approach each other, as a result forming the boundaries of a triangle of mainly barren limestone land known as Al-Jazirah (Arabic: “The Island”) in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, and extreme northeastern Syria. This “island” has fertile soil. It was the early magnet for the settlers.

Yanıt Açıklaması: BCE stands for “Before Common Era,” or “Before Current Era.”

Yanıt Açıklaması: The Roman Civilization dates 31 BCE. Right answer is “E”

Yanıt Açıklaması: In Sumerian, the word for the great ziggurat of Babylon was Etemenanki, which means “temple of the foundation of heaven and earth.”

Yanıt Açıklaması: “Mathematics and science (as noted) were based on a sexagesimal (base 60) numeral system. This is the source of the contemporary 60-minute hour, the 24-hour day, and the 360-degree circle. The Sumerian calendar was based on a seven-day week. This form of mathematics was instrumental in early map-making”

Yanıt Açıklaması: In most autonomous civilizations one can differentiate more than one culture, except for the Egyptian, Hittite, and Japanese Civilizations, which are monocultural

Yanıt Açıklaması: Only statement I is true about the Lydian Civilization.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The Mesopotamian Civilization brought forth some of the most important developments in human history. The innovations of these industrious people included (quizlet.com): • the invention of the wheel, • the planting of the first cereal crops, • the development of cursive script, • mathematics, • astronomy, and • agriculture.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The Alpine have contributed to seven, possibly nine: the Sumeric, the Hittite, the Hellenic, the Western, both the Russian offshoot and the main body of the Orthodox Christian, the Iranic and possibly the Egyptiac and Minoan. Righ answer is “C”.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Egyptologists before the discovery of the Rosetta Stone (found in 1799) were unable to decipher the hieroglyphic writings of the Egyptians. Right answer is “A”

Yanıt Açıklaması: It was in 840 BCE that Sarduri I gathered these tribes under his leadership and established the Urartu state, making Tushpa (Van) the capital. On the north-western flank of the Van Castle, there is an epitaph showing this construction.

Yanıt Açıklaması: In the city of Ur, most people were buried in family graves under their houses, along with some possessions. A few of the deceased have been found wrapped in mats and carpets. Deceased children were put in big jars or urns, which were placed in the family chapel. Other remains have been found buried in common city graveyards. The correct answer is B.

Yanıt Açıklaması: During the period between 2890-2560 BCE the Great Pyramid of Giza was erected for the great Pharaoh Khufu. It was so complex and technically ingenious that no one, even today, is yet able to determine how it was built. The correct answer is E.