Cradle of Civilization
People who move place to place.
Who are nomads?
These two type of domesticated animals were used to pull carts to move construction materials.
What are the ox and donkey?
Sargon's empire lasted for this many years.
What is 150 years?
These were applied to people based on a person's social class and favored the upper class (the wealthy/ rich).
What are the laws?
The Assyrians lived in northern Mesopotamia and were united by their worship of this god.
Who is Ashur?
The Phoenicians lived along the coast of this sea with good harbors used for the ships trading goods.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This was Mesopotamia's first civilization built on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is Sumer?
The belief where the Sumerians worshiped hundreds of gods believed to control nature, animals, weather, and flooding.
What is polytheism?
Sargon was the first to do this in the Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia.
What is ruler or emperor?
In Babylon, this "phrase" was used to explain that if someone did something bad, something bad would be done to them.
What is "eye for an eye"?
He ruled the Babylonian Empire for 43 years.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II?
The Phoenicians developed this for record keeping.
What is the 22 letter alphabet?
This is what happened when people stopped moving around, learned to grow their own gardens or farms and tamed animals.
What is domestication?
A huge pyramid-shaped temple which means "mountaintop" and was dedicated to a god or goddess.
What is a ziggurat?
He ruled for 56 years and his empire lasted for 150 years.
Who is Sargon the Conqueror?
He was the 6th king of Babylon who set rules for families, marriages, fair prices, theft taxes, etc.
Who was Hammurabi?
The Assyrian warriors used these kind of weapons.
What are strong, destructive iron weapons?
This was the Phoenicians most popular trade good.
What is purple dye?
The Cradle of Civilizations was built between these two rivers.
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers?
Sumerians used this measurement for barley and wheat.
What is a quart?
Sargon the Conqueror built this capital city.
What is Akkad?
This Babylonian ruler was the first to write down a code of laws.
Who was Hammurabi?
The Assyrians built the first system of roads, had a postal service with messengers, and started this place containing thousands of clay tablets.
What is a library?
The Phoenicians used this to make the purple dye that named them as the "purple dye people".
What is shellfish?
An advanced stage of human society that includes building towns, government, religion, art, science, and written language.
What is a Civilization?
One of the inventions of Sumerians is a wet clay tablet used for writing, also known as this.
What is a Cuneiform?
Sargon was skilled at doing this.
What is managing people and projects?
There were 282 of them carved on a stone pillar to rule the people.
What are the Code of Laws?
This Chaldean king was considered a cruel king and overtook the Assyrians.
Who was NebuchadnezzerII?
The Phoenicians were fearless sailors, and skilled ship builders, but was weak in this area.
What is their military?