Sumerians
Phoenicians
Persians
Assyrians
Misc.
100
The wedge shaped writing system of the Sumerians
What is Cuneiform?
100
The Phoenicians were the first to do this
What is build sea faring ships?
100
The system that the Persians created to encourage trade in their large empire
What is a system of roads?
100

Assyrian armies included some of the world's first

What is cavalry?

100
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates
What is Mesopotamia?
200
The location of the Sumerian civilization
What is Mesopotamia?
200

The sea that Phoenicia bordered

What is the Mediterranean Sea?

200

Persia's rapid growth was due to

What is a standing army?

200

Frequent fighting and conflict with their enemies led the Assyrians to be

What is fierce warriors?

200

A payment to show loyalty to a stronger power is

What is a tribute?

300
The hero of the world's oldest story
Who is Gilgamesh?
300
The modern day country that was ancient Phoenicia
What is Syria?
300

An elite force of 10,000 soldiers is called

What is Immortals?

300

Assyrian ruler found it difficult to control a large empire so they

What is divided up into 70 smaller provinces

300
The present day country that today exists where ancient Mesopotamia once flourished
What is Iraq?
400
The name of a city-state in the Sumerian empire
What is Ur, Uruk or Eridu?
400
The people that the Phoenicians supplied ships to when they sailed against the Greeks
Who are the Persians?
400

Under Cyrus's rule, the Jews were allowed to  (2 things)

What is return to Jerusalem and rebuild their Temple.

400

The capital of Ashurbanipal's empire is

What is Nineveh

400

Phoenicians manufactured a number of goods, two examples are

What is purple cloth, pottery, glass, wood furniture, and metal objects

500

The 3 classes of Sumer were made of 

What is 

Upper - ruler and his top officials, priests, and wealthy merchants and landowners

middle -  farmers and skilled workers

lowest - mostly slaves/prisoners

500
The major economic activity of the Phoenicians
What is sea faring trade?
500

The first Persian victory in Europe 

What is Thrace

500

Nebuchadnezzar spent a lot of money on large building projects, one being 

What are the Hanging Gardens, gates, great walls, or temples

500

Phoenicians traded with other cultures because

What they had few natural resources

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