Vocabulary
What is the development of skills in a specific kind of work known as?
What is specialization?
Babylonian King known for his code of laws?
Who is Hammurabi?
What is a long-lasting pattern of organization in a community known as?
What is an institution?
Name three advantages of Sumerian geography.
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Political unit much like an independent country.
What is a city-state?
Kind Persian king who believed in respecting people's religion?
Who is Cyrus?
What is a professional record keeper known as?
What is a scribe?
Name three disadvantages of Sumer’s natural environment.
Unpredictable flooding
Drought
No natural barriers
limited natural resources
New ideas spread from one culture to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
God chose this person to lead His people out of Ur and into the land of Canaan.
Who is Abraham?
This is a pyramid-shaped monument; part of a temple in Sumer.
What is ziggurat?
Name three innovations of the Sumerians.
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Belief in many gods.
DOUBLE POINTS: What was the first monotheistic religion?
This Assyrian King collected more than 20,000 clay tablets from throughout the Fertile Crescent.
DOUBLE POINTS: What else is this person known for?
Who is Ashurbanipal?
This is an arc of rich farmland in Southwest Asia between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Name three achievements of the Assyrian empire.
Built Nineveh
Built libraries
Finely carved statues
Peoples, nations, or independent states under control of one ruler.
DOUBLE POINTS: What was considered the first empire?
What is an empire?
This Chaldean King is known for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
Name all five characteristics of a civilization.
Specialized Worker
Record Keeping
Complex Institutions
Advanced Cities
Advanced Technology
Name two ways that geography led to the rise of the Persian Empire.
Fertile Farmland
Wealth of Minerals
Trading connections