AN AKKADIAN MAN WHO BECAME KING OF KISH AND EVENTUALLY CONQUERED OTHER MESOPOTAMIA STATES CREATING THE WORLD'S FIRST EMPIRE
What iS SARGON
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THIS TERM REFERS TO A WIDE FLAT PLAIN THAT LIES BETWEEEN THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVER. IT IS ALSO WHERE THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS BEGAN TO FORM
What is MESOPOTAMIA
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HE AKKADIAN KING THAT APPOINTED LOYAL FRIENDS AND RELATIVES INTO IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN HIS EMPIRE, ENCOURAGED TRADE IN FAR AWAY PLACES
WhO IS SARGON
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THE LEADER OF BABYLON AFTER CYRUS THE GREAT AND HIS SON...
WhO IS DARIUS
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THEY WERE KNOWN AS EXPERT SAILORS OR
What is NAVIGATORS
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AFTER SARGON'S DEATH HE CAM TO POWER AND ISSUED THE WORLD'S FIRST KNOWN LAW CODE
WhO IS UR-NAMMU
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THE SOUTHERN PART OF MESOPOTAMIA WAS FIRST CIVILIZED BECAUSE OF THIS MAIN RESOURCE
What is ITS AGRICULTURE, GOOD SOIL, IRRIGATION CANALS WERE DUG, PLOWING TO HELP CROPS
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THIS IS THE IDEA THAT ALL MEMBERS OF A SOCIETY MUST OBEY THE LAW. IT IS A KEY PART OF MODERN DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE
What is RULE OF LAW
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DARIUS DIVIDED THE AREA INTO PROVINCES, CHOSE A LEADER AND REFORMED THE GOVERNMENT. HE MADE THE PEOPLE PAY A ________________.
What is A TRIBUTE
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THEY CREATED A NUMBER OF GOODS SCH AS BOWLS, IRON TOOLS, WEAPONS, JEWERLY, LOGS, WINE, OLIVE OIL SALT FISH AND OTHER GOODS THAT ARE KNOWN AS
What is EXPORTS
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THIS KING MADE BABYLON THE CENTER OF HIS EMPIRE AND WAS A SKILLED LEADER. HE CREATED A "CODE"
What iS HAMMURABI
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EACH ONE HAD IT'S OWN GOVERNMENT, LAWS, GOD, INCLUDING UR, URUK, LAGASH, NUPPUR, KISH, BABYLON AND SIPPAR
What is A CITY-STATE
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AN IDEA OR WAY OF DOING THINGS, AKKADIANS AND SUMERIANS WERE SIMILAR IN THEIR RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND CUNEIFORM WRITING SYSTEM
What is CULTURAL TRAITS
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DARIUS CREATED THIS OUT OF GOLD COINS WITH HIS PICTURE TODAY
What is CURRENCY
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THEY ARE KNOWN AS THE 1ST OCEAN EXPOREERS TRYING TO FIND THIS
What is PRECIOUS METALS
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THIS KING OF BABYLON SPENT MUCH MONEY ON LARGE BUILDING PROJECTS AND EXTENDED HIS EMPIRE TO EGYPT.
WhO IS NEBUCHADNEZZAR
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THE NUMBER OF SOCIAL CLASSES IN SUMER
What is 3
UPPER CLASS-RULER OFFICICALS PRIESTS MERCHANTS
MIDDLE CLASS-FARMERS, SKILLED WORKERS
LOW CLASS-SLAVES
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AFTER THE AKKADIAN EMPIRE COLLAPSED, THIS RULER CAME TO POWER
WHO IS HAMMURABI
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THIS PERSIAN MAN TAUGHT THAT THERE WAS ONE SUPREME GOD AHURA MAZDA....
WhO IS ZOROASTER
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THEY FOUNDED MANY OF THESE, NEAR HARBORS WHERE THE SHIPS WOULD STOP TO PICK UP NEEDED SUPPLIES
What is COLONIES
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THIS LEADER CAPTURED BABYLON USING TECHNOLOGY OF DIGGING TRENCHES TO DRAIN THE EUPHRATES RIVER. HE ALSO GAINED A BIGGER EMPIRE BY HAVING A STANDING ARMY OF OVER 10,000 ELITE SOLDIERS KNOWN AS THE IMMORTALS.
WhO IS CYRUS THE GREAT
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THE NAME OF THE WRITING THE SUMERIAN PRIESTS INVENTED TO KEEP TRACK OF THEIR STORED GOODS AND LATER BECAME THE FIRST WRITING SYSTEM WIDELY USED
What is CUNIFORM
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MANY YEARS AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE AKKADIAN AND BABYLONIAN EMPIRE THIS GORUP CAME TO RULE, BROKE THE AREA UP INTO PROVINCES AND APPOINTED A GOVERNOR OF EACH ONE.
WhO IS THE ASSYRIANS
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DARIUS WAS KNOWN FOR IMPROVING THESE..
What is ROADS
500
THEY CREATED THE 1ST ONE OF THESE-A SMALL SET OF LETTERS OR SYMBOLS