Mesopotamia
Why is Mesopotamia a good location for growing crops?
what is rich soil from flooding rivers?
Who served a role between the sumerians and their gods?
Who are priests?
What is Hammurabis code?
What is babylonians kings laws?
What is a cuneiform?
What is a system of writing that uses triangular shapes?
Why could people become artisans?
What is job specialization?
Name 1 land feature that gave mesopotamia its name?
What is Tigris and Euphrates river?
What was surplus food traded for?
What are other needed resources?
what is cultural diffusion?
What is the spreading of cultural traits?
Which people invented the alphabet?
what are pheonicans?
Why is the epic of gilgamesh important?
Who is a real king that ruled uruk?
Name a least 4 features of civilization?
Cities,job specialization,arts and archetecture,government,religion,social classes,public works,writing?
Who are ziggurats?
What are pyramid shaped temples?
What is a stele?
What is a carved stone slab?
In early societies why did writing first develop?
to record numbers
An army who rides horse back
What is a cavalry?
When did the akkadians live?
2334 BC to 2193 BC?
Why did sargon conquer sumer?
what is City states constant fighting?
What is polytheism?
What is the belief in many gods?
What are 2 things they wrote about?
They recorded laws,wrote down prayers to the gods and described the mighty deeds of rulers.
A permanent army of skilled soldiers?
What is a standing army?
When did the assrians live?
934 BC to 612 BC
Name 2 technological advances made by the sumerians?
What is wheel plow and writing cuneiform?
What is an independent state that includes a city and its surrounding area?
What is a city state?
How does writing help?
Helped us pass from prehistory to history
state containing several countries
What is an empire?