This vocab term means the city part of the city-state...
Urban
100
The world's first system of writing...
Cuneiform
100
A single ruler of a kingdom or empire is a...
Monarch
100
Vocabulary term for an advanced/modern society. Sumer created the world's first _______________
Civilization
200
The name of the large arc area of rich farmland stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
Fertile Crescent
200
This vocab term refers to the countryside portion of a city-state...
Rural
200
This person would be hired to read or write in Sumer...
Scribe
200
This set of 282 laws in Babylon dealt with almost every part of daily life...
Hammurabi's Code
200
An area of farmland that completely surrounds a walled city is a..
City-state
300
Farmers were able to grow so much food they created a...
Surplus
300
When someone conquers different lands of peoples and has them all under control of 1 person they have created an...
Empire
300
The most famous building in ancient Mesopotamia, it was at the center of the city...
Ziggurat
300
This wheeled horse-drawn cart was used by the Hittites in battle to conquer Mesopotamia.
Chariot
300
This type of government does not matter who is in charge as long as they follow a certain religion and write the laws based on that religion...
Theocracy
400
Because the farmers were able to grow more food than they could eat a __________ _____ _________ was created and people started working other jobs to trade for food.
Division of Labor
400
Sumerians believed in more than 1 god, their religion is...
Polytheism
400
Early writing used ____________. Each symbol represented exactly 1 object.
Pictographs
400
The Phoenicians were known for trading all over the Mediterranean Sea, like Sumer they advanced writing to keep track of trade. They created an ____________ which is the basis for what we use today.
Alphabet
500
Farmers adapted to their environment during this time period by digging trenches to supply water to their crops, these 2 ways of controlling water are called...
Irrigation and canal system
500
Right underneath the king in the social order (triangle) was this group of people _________. Why were they so powerful?
Priests - people relied on them to gain the gods' favor, communicate with them, and provide offerings
500
The science of building is ____________
Architecture
500
What did the language of the set of 282 laws tell us about what it was like to live in Babylon?
It was brutal, sad, tough, cruel.
Men had more power than women.