Geography
The Rivers of ancient Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
Having more food or goods than needed is called
What is a surplus?
Phoenicians means
What is purple dye people?
Political divisions of land
What are provinces?
Sumerian writing
What is cuneiform?
Main location of the Persian Empire
What is present day Iran?
Metals that make bronze
What are tin + Copper?
Used on ships so they didn't need as many rowers
What is a sail?
Sympathy for the beliefs and practices of others
What is tolerence?
Invention made to cultivate larger areas of land
What is an ox-drawn plow?
Another name for Mesopotamia
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Second in the social class system of Sumer
What are the priests?
Number of letters in the Phoenician alphabet
What is 22?
Cyrus and other Persians practiced this religion
What is Zorostrianism?
A device that uses sliding beads for counting
What is an abacus?
Body of water that borders Mesopotamia to the west
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Formal series of acts always performed in the same way
What is a ritual?
Culture that our alphabet comes from
Who are the Romans?
Road built for messages throughout the empire
What is the Royal Road?
Phoenicia's maritime achievement
What is shipbuilding and navigation?
Rich soil along the banks of the rivers
What is silt?
Placed at the top of the ziggurat
What is a shrine to the city god?
Ship's wooden figurehead
What is a horse head?
Governor of a province
What is a satraps?
Number system based on?
What is 60?