Vocab
to supply water to
The Fertile Crescent lies between what two rivers?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
The laws that Hammurabi issued are called Hammurabi's ?
What is code?
What is a cavalry?
A cavalry is a group of soldiers who fight while riding horses.
Where does the word "alphabet" come from?
an idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture
What is cultural trait?
Cuneiform is a type of ?
What is writing?
A state containing several counties or territories is called a(n) ?
What is city-state?
How did Darius unify the Persian empire?
He created a political structure that gave local people control and developed a currency system and made Zoroastrianism the religion.
What is 22 letters?
a good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country
What is an import?
What shape is used to create cuneiform?
What is a triangular shape?
What Sumerian cultural traits did Akkadians share?
What are religion and cuneiform?
Persia's rapid growth that led to it being the largest empire was due to its ?
What is standing army?
What did the Greek alphabet have that the Phoenician alphabet did not?
It had letters to represent vowels and each letter had a name.
What is tribute?
Name two advances that helped Sumerian civilization expand.
What are the wheel, the sail, bronze.
Who was responsible for making Babylon the center of the Mesopotamian empire?
Who is Hammurabi?
Which Persian leader conquered Babylon?
Who is Cyrus the Great?
Fertile land that attracted Phoenician farmers grew into ?
What are colonies?
a wide, flat plain in present-day Iran; lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; means "land between rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
What was the role of priests in Sumer?
To communicate with the gods
Who created Mesopotamia's first empire?
Who is Sargon?
How did Darius change the Persian system of tribute?
He created a fairer system based on a provinces' wealth.
What goods and materials did the Phoenicians trade?
bronze, silver, pine, cedar logs, olive oil, salt, fish, tin, copper, iron, ivory