Geography
These two rivers were essential for the growth of civilizations in the Fertile Crescent.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
This ancient civilization is known for its city-states in Sumer.
What are the Sumerians?
This is considered the first official form of writing and was developed by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
These officials were known for performing religious ceremonies.
Who were Priests?
This was the major trade product of the Phoenicians.
What is purple dye?
These geographic features helped support farming in the Fertile Crescent.
What is the rich soil and water supply from the rivers?
This civilization that conquered Babylon was the first to use the Chariot in battle
Who are the Hittites?
This was a large influence on daily lives in Ancient Mesopotamia and they worshiped many of them for different aspects of their lives.
What is gods or polytheism?
This was the empire ruled by Nebuchadnezzar.
What is the Babylonian empire?
This part of the geography impacted the trade in teh Fertile Crescent.
What is rivers for transportation and fertile land for farming?
People used this method in the Fertile Crescent to control water for their crops.
What is irrigation?
What is the epic poem of Gilgamesh?
Name this major contribution the Phoenicians made to writing.
What is the alphabet?
This ruler of Uruk was a legendary figure in Sumerian literature
Who was Gilgamesh?
This form of transportation played a critical role in trade and warfare.
What is the chariot?
Name a key resource that the Fertile Crescent provided for trade.
What is grain?
This ruler was the first to write down the first set of laws.
Who was Hammurabi?
This is the phenomenon where due to a surplus in food, Mesopotamians were able to create and specialize in areas other than farming.
What is a Division of Labor?
This leader had the first known empire and also the first permanent army.
Who was Sargon of Akkadia or Sargon I?
Through controlled trade routes and stability this military empire influenced trade in Mesopotamia.
What are the Kassites?
Describe how the rivers influenced the location of the first cities in Mesopotamia.
What is the rivers provided water for farming and transportation?
This empire was best known for its powerful military and establishing the royal library at Niveveh.
Who were the Assyrians?
This this how the Sumerians divided their society by rank or class.
What is Social Hierarchy?
This writer kept track of trades and official government records. Because of this job they had the ability to move up in the social hierarchy.
Who are Scribes?
This was the basic economic system throughout ancient Mesopotamia.
What is the barter system? (Trade based on goods and services.)
This was the "land" form to the West of Phoenicia which made it necessary to trade by ship.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This civilization built a royal library in the city of Nineveh.
Who are the Assyrians?
This type of art was common in Ancient Mesopotamian culture.
What is sculptures and pottery?
This leader was responsible for rebuilding Babylon into a beautiful city including the creation of the Hanging Gardens.
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
This became one of the wealthiest and most powerful cities on the north coast of Africa due busy trade routes through the Mediterranean.
What was Carthage?