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Hassunan Culture
sites: Hassuna, Yarim Tepe
downslope from Harmo, nearer to upper mesopotamia
still within the 300 mm isohyet
farming villages: ca 8500 m2 in size
Samarran Culture
site names: Hassuna, Samarra, Tell Es-Sawwan, Chogamami
down-river, on or beyond the limits of dry land farming, signs of irrigation
chogamami: 6 ha, 1000+ people
richly painted pottery, stamp seals, potters marks
stratum endogamy
marrying within your social class
city of Uruk
sumer, 5.5 km2, so big af
burial ground at UR
2400 BC, hall of offerings, burial chamber
dynasties
family or house of rulers ruling for several
Tell Es-Sawwan
more intensive agriculture, irrigation, 128 burials
Tell Halaf, Arpachiyah, Banahilk
first widespread cultural horizon, northern Meso and beyond, sites are 3-4 ha, marked by beautiful
pottery
the 'Ubaid period
site: al ubaid, Ur, Eridu, Tell Ouelli, Tell Abada, Tepe Gawra
alluvial plains below Baghdad, very widespread culture
Tell Abada
the house of an elite, eridu, has 16 layers, eventually a ziggurat would be built
, Uruk city state
200 250 ha, 10 k people
sumerian civilization
4000-2370, 13 city states, around 100 000 people, states autonomous, but shared a common culture
Joan Oates
size= monumentality, at Tell Brak, industrial workshops, prestige goods, and evidence for about 20
layers, <4000 BC
level 19 at Tell Brak
middle uruk, walls/industrial ovens, small and large pottery, beads, whorls/spindles, bones of
sheep/goats
seal evidence
level 18 at Tell Brak
growth happened before the rulers got their act together, warfare
Jamdet Nasr
distinctive pottery, polychrome geometric designs, black/red shapes, often derived from metal vessels
extensive trade evidence
sometimes called the proliterate period
3100-3900
Early Dynastic I, II, III
2900-2371
Sargon of Akkad
dynasty lasted from 2371-2200
Hammurabi
1792-1750, established the law code, brought stability, empire didn't survive the death of his son
Assyrian Capital
Nimrud
3 major tributaries to the nile
Atbara river- top
blue nile- middle
white nile- bottom
the white nile
arises in the great lakes country of east central africa
UPDATE ALREADY GRADED A+
Hassunan Culture
sites: Hassuna, Yarim Tepe
downslope from Harmo, nearer to upper mesopotamia
still within the 300 mm isohyet
farming villages: ca 8500 m2 in size
Samarran Culture
site names: Hassuna, Samarra, Tell Es-Sawwan, Chogamami
down-river, on or beyond the limits of dry land farming, signs of irrigation
chogamami: 6 ha, 1000+ people
richly painted pottery, stamp seals, potters marks
stratum endogamy
marrying within your social class
city of Uruk
sumer, 5.5 km2, so big af
burial ground at UR
2400 BC, hall of offerings, burial chamber
dynasties
family or house of rulers ruling for several
Tell Es-Sawwan
more intensive agriculture, irrigation, 128 burials
Tell Halaf, Arpachiyah, Banahilk
first widespread cultural horizon, northern Meso and beyond, sites are 3-4 ha, marked by beautiful
pottery
the 'Ubaid period
site: al ubaid, Ur, Eridu, Tell Ouelli, Tell Abada, Tepe Gawra
alluvial plains below Baghdad, very widespread culture
Tell Abada
the house of an elite, eridu, has 16 layers, eventually a ziggurat would be built
, Uruk city state
200 250 ha, 10 k people
sumerian civilization
4000-2370, 13 city states, around 100 000 people, states autonomous, but shared a common culture
Joan Oates
size= monumentality, at Tell Brak, industrial workshops, prestige goods, and evidence for about 20
layers, <4000 BC
level 19 at Tell Brak
middle uruk, walls/industrial ovens, small and large pottery, beads, whorls/spindles, bones of
sheep/goats
seal evidence
level 18 at Tell Brak
growth happened before the rulers got their act together, warfare
Jamdet Nasr
distinctive pottery, polychrome geometric designs, black/red shapes, often derived from metal vessels
extensive trade evidence
sometimes called the proliterate period
3100-3900
Early Dynastic I, II, III
2900-2371
Sargon of Akkad
dynasty lasted from 2371-2200
Hammurabi
1792-1750, established the law code, brought stability, empire didn't survive the death of his son
Assyrian Capital
Nimrud
3 major tributaries to the nile
Atbara river- top
blue nile- middle
white nile- bottom
the white nile
arises in the great lakes country of east central africa
