Ancient Sumer
A region in the middle east named for its rich soils and golden wheat fields
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Sumeria: 3300-2270 BC
Ebla: 3000-2300 BC
Mari: 2900-2550 BC, 2500-2300 BC
Nagar: 2600-2300 BC
Who were the earliest kingdoms in Mesopotamia?
Approximately the time of the Phoenician civilization
When was 1550 BC-300 BC?
Names are Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan
Who are the sons of Ham?
These were the two main timeframes when Abraham lived
2166-1991 BC and 1950-1775 BC
region the ancient Greeks named which means "between the rivers"
Where is Mesopotamia?
Canaan: 3500-2000 BC
What/when was the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia?
This was what the Phoenician Empire was built on
What is Shipping trade on the Meditteranean?
the time where the only source of information about the Hittites was the Hebrew Bible
When was the early 1800s AD?
These are scholars who study and write about the historical objects made by humans
What is a historian?
The world's first civilization developed in southeastern Mesopotamia, in a region
What is Mesopotamia?
the Amorites conquered the region and turned Assyria into one kingdom
When was 1809 BCE?
This was the city-state that came closest to the established authority of the Phoenician Empire
What is Tyre?
the time when archaeological discoveries of the Hittite empires
When were the mid 1800s-early 1900s?
These are objects made by humans
What is an artifact?
The Mesopotamian poem which was first told orally in Sumer
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
Assyria was conquered by the Babylonians
When was 1740 BCE?
This was the number of boats that could be in a Phoenician fleet
What is over 50?
After this year, the empire ended and divided into several Neo-Hittite city-states, some of which lasted into the 700s BC
When was 1180 BC?
the study of origins and development of people and their societies
What is Anthropology?
The earliest known writing invented by the Sumerians
What is cuneiform?
the first mention of an Assyrian king
When was the mid 21st century?
Alexander the Great parlayed with these people to let them leave the city when he conquered it?
Who are the wealthiest?
The year of the unknown sea peoples sailed and raided the Mediterranean and Egyptian cities
When was 1180 BC?
the study of past people and cultures through their material remains
What is Archaeology?