Features of Civilization
Where the early cities emerged?
What is near farming centers.
Small set of letters or symbols.
what is the Alphabet.
Why is Mesopotamia a good place to grow crops?
What is fertile soil.
The Greeks adopted whose way of writing?
What is the Phoenicians.
"Sumerians used __________ to turn Mesopotamia into a productive farmland."
What is technology.
"One role of government is managing society's __________ so that the people get the things they need to survive."
what is resources.
A trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money.
What is a Barter.
What are the two great land features that gave Mesopotamia its name.
What is Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Before the Phoenicians what was the main system of writing in ancient Near East?
What is cuneiform.
Name one feature of civilization.
What is cities, writing, well organized government, established religion, job specialization, social classes, public works, art and architecture.
What was religion was always linked to?
What is government.
The spreading of cultural traits from one region to another.
What is Cultural Diffusion.
Who swept into Mesopotamia after the death of Hammurabi?
What is the invaders.
A person had to know _________ of symbols in order to write in cuneiform.
What is hundreds.
What is Hammurabi's code?
What is an eye for an eye.
What were most people in early civilization?
What is farmers.
A payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power.
What is a Tribute.
Another name for Mesopotamia.
What is Fertile Crescent.
How many symbols did the Phoenician alphabet have?
What is 22 symbols.
" The first effect of farming was on peoples _______ supply."
What is food.
"Forms of writing varied, from ________ writing to symbols representing sounds and letters."
What is picture.
A complete change in ways of thinking, working, or living.
What is Revolution.
Southern Mesopotamia is a hot, dry _______ with little rainfall.
What is region.
The Greeks added _______ to represent vowels.
What is letters.
What were the first leaders of the Sumerian City-Sates.
What is priests, not kings.