Early Mesopotamia
Sumer
Islam and Arab Empire
Vocabulary
Geography
100
The direct result of of domesticating animals.
What is damage to the land due to overgrazing?
100
Complete control of the Sumerian kingdom was a power give to...
Who is the king?
100
This is Islam's holiest city.
What is Mecca?
100
Clay and straw were mixed together to make this.
What is adobe?
100
The 2 rivers located in Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
200
The water in Mesopotamian canals and irrigation ditches was controlled by this
What are regulators?
200
In an effort to protect themselves, all of the kingdoms of Sumer built this outside their cities.
What are massive walls?
200
This is the holy book of the Islam religion.
What is Qur'an?
200
An ancient form of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols was called...
What is cuneiform?
200
The arc-shaped region in western Asia that sits between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf is called this.
What is Fertile Crescent?
300
After farmers in the Fertile Crescent developed techniques to transfer water, people no longer needed to...
What is settle next to a river?
300
Sumerian civilizations are located in this place.
What is Mesopotamia?
300
This prophet received a message from Gabriel when he was 40 years old.
Who is Muhammad?
300
The device consisted of a frame attached to a vertical wooden stick that was dragged through the field to break up the soil.
What is a scratch plough?
300
The large body of water west of Mesopotamia is...
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
400
Early writings were recorded on these.
What are clay tablets?
400
The most important temple complex in Sumer was...
What is Eridu?
400
The decorative design that covers the walls of most Muslin mosques is a unique form of....
What is calligraphy?
400
The Arabic word for God.
Who is Allah?
400
The Akkadians migrated to Mesopotamia from this place.
What is Arabia?
500
This invention enabled people to be carried on carts into battlefields.
What is the wheel?
500
Sargon of Akkad was the world's first..
What is emperor?
500
The Muslim group that considered themselves followers of Ali were called...
Who are Shiites?
500
A stepped-pyramid tower that stood inside a temple complex was called...
What is a ziggurat?
500
By 750 CE, the Muslim Empire extended from the Atlantic Ocean to this river.
What is the Indus River?
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