Fertile Crescent
The Fertile Crescent is between these two rivers.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Sumer was the first this
Civilization
This Babylonian king did a lot of great things, but he is best known for his "code"
Hammurabi
The Phoenicians settled near this body of water
Mediterranean Sea
Thing king organized the Persian Empire by creating 20 provinces, each having their own governor
Darius I
The Fertile Crescent had this type of soil, making it easy to farm and grow crops
Silt
Sumerians create this to control the water flow from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Irrigation Systems
This military empire was known for its poor treatment of its conquered people
Assyrians
The Phoenicians had to trade with other empires because they had little of this
Farmland
This "great" king was the first king of the Persians and was known for his kindness to his people
Cyrus
Mesopotamia is mostly in this modern-day country
Iraq
The first writing system appeared in Sumer, and is called this
Cuneiform
The Chaldeans were the civilization that came out on top of the military invasions of Mesopotamia, they also admired this ancient civilization
Sumerians
While Phoenicia had a great trading empire, they had a small and poor this
Military
This king was Darius I's son and swore revenge on the Greeks in his father's name
Xerxes
What were two issues of living in the Fertile Crescent?
A Sumerian city-state was made up of these two types of areas.
Rural and urban
The Hittites and Kassites were known for their strong military. Name the two advances they had.
1. First to make weapons out of iron
2. First to use chariots
This item that Phoenicians traded was extremely valuable and was used by royalty
Purple dye
This battle was where 300 brave Spartans held off the Persian army during the evacuation of Athens
Thermopylae
Mesopotamia means this in Greek
Between two rivers
This king of Sumer is believed to be half-man and half-god and is known for his battle against Humbaba in the forest.
Gilgamesh
Nebuchadnezzar lived in this famous palace, now one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
alphabet
Marathon