Early Empires
Rise of the Persians
Phoenician Contributions
100
The first empire in Mesopotamia
What is Sargon
100
Persian armies took control of this city in 539 B.C.
What is Babylon
100
Phoenicians were famous as ___________ and ____________.
What are sailors and traders.
200
King of Babylon, brought much of Mesopotamia under the control of his empire.
Who is Hammurabi
200
This empire included present day Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Afghanistan and Pakistan
What is the Persian Empire
200
Phoenicians created a dye of this color from a tiny sea snail.
What is purple
300
This code consists of criminal laws and civil laws. It was the first attempt by a ruler to codify the laws of a state.
What is Code of Hammurabi
300
This ruler set up a bureaucracy, or a system to manage the government. He ruled from 522 to 486 B.C.
Who is Darius I
300
The Phoenicians set up _______________ in North Africa, Sicily and Spain to promote trade.
What are colonies.
400
This group learned to extract iron from ore (ironworking) and came from Asia Minor in the 1400s.
What is Hittites
400
This person helped unite the Persian Empire with a new monotheistic religion.
Who is Zoroaster
400
The ______________ created by the Phoenicians is still used as the first basis for many modern languages.
What is the alphabet
500
The first invaders of the Fertile Crescent. Settled on the upper Tigris and built a city-state named after their chief god, Assur.
Who are the Assyrians
500
The use of ___________ encouraged a money economy instead of a barter economy during the rule of Darius I.
What are coins.
500
The Phoenician Empire lies in modern day ________ and ___________.
What is Lebanon and Syria
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