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What is the advancement that let you travel?
Wheel
What rivers was Mesopotamia in between?
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What was silt good for?
Making the land fertile for growing
When did the Sumerians create a Government?
By 3000 BC
What was the first written set of laws?
Hammurabi’s code
What modern day nation was Mesopotamia located in?
Iraq
What is a catch basin?
A series of channels that brought water to planting fields
When did the Akkadian empire begin?
by 2300 BC
What was a horse drawn device used to carry soldiers into combat?
Chariot
Mesopotamia was a part of a larger are called what?
The Fertile Crescent
How did they control flooding?
By building up the sides of the river walls
What was larger the Akkadian empire or the Sumerian Government?
The Akkadian Empire
What was the worlds first system of writing?
Cuneiform
The Fertile Crescent extended from what body of water to what body of water?
Persian Gulf, Mediterranean Sea
What is flood control?
Controlling the flow of a river
When was the Assyrian empire created?
1200 BC
What was used to loosen soil for planting crops?
Plow
The Fertile Crescent included the Holy land, in what modern day nation is the Holy land?
Israel
How was silt collected?
During a flood the water from the flood leaves behind silt on the ground
When was the Chaldean empire created?
600 BC