Vocabulary
an official record keeper
Scribe
What was the one key resource early people looked for in a place to live?
Water
What city did King Nebuchadnezzar make into the largest and richest city in the world?
Babylon
What influenced Phoenicia’s development as a sea-trading civilization?
Phoenicia’s location
Who created and published a strict code of laws in the Babylonian Kingdom?
Hammurabi
a city that is independent and has it's own government
City-state
Which region in the Fertile Crescent is to the West (present day Israel and Jordan)?
Levant
Where were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon found?
on top of the palace
What helped people keep better records in a way cuneiform could not?
The alphabet
Who was the first ruler of the Akkadian kingdom and built the world's first empire?
Sargon
a society dominated by men
Patriarchy
Why was the river flooding in Sumer good for farming?
it left behind silt and made the soil fertile
How did the Assyrian Kings rule such a large empire?
breaking it up into Provinces and assigning a governor to each
What was one of the most valued Phoenician products?
Cloth colored with a beautiful purple dye.
Who was described as two-thirds divine and one-third human, endowed with extraordinary strength, courage, and beauty.
Gilgamesh
This is when a person believes in more than one god
Polytheism
In Ancient Sumer, who could become a scribe?
A wealthy boy; student
What did the Babylonians invent to tell time?
The Sundial
What type of wood did the Phoenicians use to build ships and supplies?
Cedar
Who was able to conquer Phoenicia while fighting against the Persian Empire?
Alexander the Great of Macedonia
a pyramid structure with a temple at the top
Ziggurat
What was located at the very center of all Sumerian City-States?
A ruler's palace and a temple
Who did Sargon make the priestess of the moon god, Nanna?
What was the competition over that would eventually lead to a war?
Over control of the western Mediterranean Sea
Who lived in the region west of Mesopotamia?
The Amorites