Invented by the Sumerians, it led to the development of carts and improved trade.
What is the wheel?
100
The world's first civilization
What is Sumer?
200
The birth of civilization took place in this modern nation.
What is Iraq?
200
Belief in many gods and goddesses
What is polytheism?
200
The world's first system of writing
What is cuneiform?
200
Two wheeled vehicle, pulled by a horse and used in wartime.
What is a chariot?
200
As civilization developed, not everyone had to farm. People could specialize in different jobs. This is called a
What is division of labor?
300
Civilization began between these two rivers
What is the Tigris and Euphrates?
300
Civilization
What is an advanced society that includes a large population of people living in cities with official rulers, specialization, writing, monumental architecture and highly developed culture.
300
Allowed Sumerians to control the rivers and create a food surplus
What are irrigation systems?
300
The Assyrians used this to make weapons.
What is iron?
300
A sea trading people who created the world's first alphabet.
Who are the Phoenicians
400
Large arc of fertile land where civilization began stretched from the ____________ sea to the _______________ gulf
What is Mediterranean sea / Persian gulf
400
In Mesopotamia, an independent city and the countryside surrounding it, each with its own ruler and governed by its own laws
What is a city-state?
400
First written code of laws
What is Hammurabi's Code?
400
Intricately carved stones used as a stamp of ownership when rolled out on clay.
What is a cylinder seal?
400
Babylonian King who united his empire with the first written code of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
500
Two city-states in Mesopotamia
What are Ur, Uruk, Kish, Babylon, Ninevah?
500
Instrument used to write on clay
What is a stylus?
500
The Sumerian number system was based on 6 which led to the development of ____________
What is the 60 second minute, 60 minute hour and 360 degree circle?
500
Used by Assyrians to break down city walls
What is a battering ram?
500
Two outside cultures that would later rule Mesopotamia.
Who are the Persians, Greeks, Romans, Turks, British