Vocabulary
An area with its own government, gods, army, etc
City-state
First form of writing created by Sumerian civ.
Cuneiform
Which civilization etched the walls of their palaces with battle scenes?
Assyrians
The job of recording information on clay tablets
Scribe
This specific part made sure the wheel could turn
The axle
A market in Mesopotamia
Bazaar
A war tool created by Assyrian Empire to knock down doors/gates
Battering Ram
The only civilization of Fertile Crescent without polytheistic religion
Persians
A person who buys and sells goods
Merchant
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Known as the masters of trade
Phoenicians
When there is more food than needed so it can be stored
Surplus
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Helped control water to create consisten fertile land and stop flooding created by Sumerians
Irrigation
Created the largest empire the Fertile Crescent ever saw
Persians
The highest position of Sumerian cities
Priest/priestess
In Hammurabi's code, the harshness of a punishment depended on...
The class of the victim/lawbreaker.
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An easier writing system created by the Phoenicians
Alphabet
Hammurabi's code was a part of which civilization?
Babylon
Chaldeans joined with Medes to create which empire?
New Babylon Empire
Give a positive and negative of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers
Provided fresh water, supplied fish, clay, and reeds. Created rich soil.
Unpredictable floods
The creators of ziggurats with wide-eyed prayer figures
Sumerians
Similarity of all the religions of Fertile Crescent EXCEPT Persians
Polytheism
Bureaucracy
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Order the Fertile Crescent empires from oldest to newest
Babylon
Assyrians
Babylon
Persian
What was special about Hammurabi's code?
It was written for everyone to know
Name two reasons the Phoenicians were able to become so successful
highly desired locals goods (cedar and snails)
Greate geographical location
Spread rumors to scare competition
Easy to understand alphabet