The Fertile Crescent
River Valley Civilizations
The Phoenicians
Hammurabiś Code
The Rise Of Sumer
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A large arc of rich or fertile farmland.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
100
Flat fields, flood deposits, and water for irrigation.
What were the three key factors that made river valleys good for farming?
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Along the Mediterranean Sea.
Where was Phoenicia located?
100
A Babylonian ruler who put together a set of laws.
Who was Hammurabi?
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A city-state
What is the basic political unit of Sumer?
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A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks.
What is silt?
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Allowed people to get around more quickly and trade goods faster.
How did rivers improve travel?
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Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos.
What were the three chief cities of Phoenicia?
200
42 years.
How long did Hammurabi rule?
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The worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
300
Human-made waterways.
What are canals?
300
Along the Nile River in Egypt.
Where are the ancient ruins of Memphis located?
300
They developed one of the world´s first alphabets.
What was the Phoenician´s greatest achievement?
300
282 laws.
How many laws were in Hammurabi´s Code?
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Good harvests or horrible floods
What could gods bring?
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Livestock, birds, and fish.
What are good sources of food?
400
People could pursue other activities such as crafts, art, and writing.
What did food surpluses allow?
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Trade.
How did Phoenicia grow wealthy?
400
Law #196-If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out.
What is the most well-known law?
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Men.
Which gender had more rights in Sumer?
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Between 4000 and 3000 BC.
When did cities develop in Mesopotamia?
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Huang He (Yellow River) Valley, China; Indus River Valley, India; Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys, Mesopotamia; and the Nile River Valley, Egypt.
Where were the four earliest river valley civilizations?
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Purple.
What color was the popular dye for fabric from Phoenicia?
500
Everything from trade, loans, and theft to marriage, injury, and murder.
What did the laws deal with?
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Gods, Kings, Priests, Craftspeople, Merchants, Traders, Farmers, Laborers, and finally Slaves.
What is the order of Sumer's social hierarchy?
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