Geography of the fertile crescent
The rise of sumer
sumerian achievements
later peoples of the fertile crescent
100
the large arc of rich ,or fertile, farmland
What is fertile crescent
100
a central city and all the country side around it
What is city-state
100
the world's first system of writing
What is cuneiform
100
a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
What is Hammurabi's code
200
a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
What is silt
200
land with different territories and peoples under the same rule
What is empire
200
picture symbols
What is pictographs
200
a wheeled horse drawn cart used in battle
What is chariot
300
a way of supplying water to and area of land
What is irrigation
300
the worship of many gods
What is polytheism
300
a writer
What is scribe
300
a set of letters that can be combined to be put into words
What is alphabet
400
more then they needed
What is surplus
400
people who preformed or led religious ceremonies
What is priests
400
long poems that tell the stories of heroes
What is epics
400
true or false at the western end of the fertile crescent, along the mediterranean sea, was a land known as phoenicia
What is true
500
the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job
What is division of labor
500
the division of society by rank or class
What is social hierarchy
500
a pyramid shaped temple
What is ziggurat
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