0
Rate this Study Guide:
☆☆☆☆☆Civilizations first rose up along the Fertile Crescent because the region had soil that was very good for farming
Priests were in charge of ministering to the gods, thereby gaining their favor. People thought gods controlled their lives. Combine these ideas, and it was important for the people to please the priests in order to assure prosperity and well being. The priests were so powerful in Mesopotamian society because the people believed that they had a direct contact with God.
A shift away from hunting-gathering to fixed agriculture.
sumer
babylon was more advanced
minoans
A food surplus
levees
A shift to agriculture
Iron weapons and horse-mounted warriors are two advances credited to the Assyrians.
The religion that was least influened by the Hebrews, in my opinion, is the Japanese Shinto religion.
Answer:
Anything east (or south) of Afghanistan. plus the indigenous beliefs in the New World.
Yes, it is.
Characteristics of hunter-gatherer societies included the fact that they tended to be small communities and somewhat nomadic in nature.
How is the nature of God in Judaism different from God in Christianity
Ancient Hebrew society did not have an extensive empire.
