Location, Location, Civilization!
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
What is silt?
A political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside
What is a city-state?
A land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
What is an empire?
A set of letters that can be combined to form words
What is an alphabet?
A wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle
What is a chariot?
This civilization's most famous ruler was Hammurabi and their capital was Babylon
Who are the Babylonians?
More of something than is needed
What is a surplus?
Human-made waterways used to control the flow of water
What are canals?
People who perform religious ceremonies
What are priests?
The world's first system of writing made up of wedge shaped symbols
What is cuneiform?
The science of building
What is architecture?
This civilization established the world's first empire and their most famous ruler was Sargon
Who are the Akkadians?
Another word for countryside areas
What is rural?
A set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
What is Hammurabi's Code?
An arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job
What is a division of labor?
Long poems that tell stories of heros
What are epics?
The Phoenicians were famous for trading this valuable product made from shellfish
What is purple dye?
This civilization is famous for using advanced military technology and terror to conquer the Fertile Crescent
Who are the Assyrians?
Another word for city areas
What is urban?
A way of supplying water to an area of land
What is irrigation?
A ruler of a kingdom of empire
What is a monarch?
A writer
What is a scribe?
The worship of many gods
What is polytheism?
This civilization was from Asia Minor (Turkey) and used advanced military technology to conquer Mesopotamia
Who are the Hittites?
An area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
What is the Fertile Crescent?
These types of people first settled in Mesopotamia around 12,000 years ago
What are hunter-gatherers?
The division of society by rank or class
What is social hierarchy?
Picture symbols
What are pictographs?
A pyramid-shaped temple tower
What is a ziggurat?
This civilization is known for building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and for its most famous ruler, Nebuchadnezzar
Who are the Chaldeans?