The Phoenicians
Phoenicia was located in the modern-day territories of these three countries.
What are Syria, Lebanon, and Israel
Hammurabi is famous for creating this set of laws.
What is Hammurabi’s Code
Sumerians were the first to create this type of wheel used in pottery.
What is the potter's wheel
Sumerian city-states were ruled by leaders with this title.
What is a king
The Hittites were located in this modern day location
What is Turkey
The Phoenicians established this type of settlement throughout the Mediterranean region
What are colonies
Hammurabi conquered most of these two river valleys.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates River valleys
Sumerians developed a 12-month calendar and divided an hour into this many minutes.
What is 60 minutes
The head god of the Assyrians
Who is Assur
The empire conquered by the Hittites
What is Babylon
This famous Phoenician colony later became a powerful city-state in North Africa.
What is Carthage
The Babylonians’ chief god was this deity
Who is Marduk
The number system created and used by the Sumerians
What is base-6
This was the Sumerians’ highest god, who controlled the seasons.
Who is An
The 2 advantages the Hittites had over the Babylonians
What is iron and horse drawn chariots
The Phoenicians developed this revolutionary writing system that influenced later alphabets.
What is an alphabet
Hammurabi's army was described as this
What is well-trained
The mixture used to create bronze
What is copper and tin
This large temple was dedicated to a city-state’s god.
What is a Ziggurat
The year the Hittites began
What is 1700 BCE
The Phoenicians were conquered by these two powerful empires in succession
What are the Assyrians and the Persians
Babylon’s trade network stretched from the Fertile Crescent into these two regions.
What is Egypt and India
Created by the Phoenicians that represented sounds instead of entire words
What is the alphabet
Sumerians were this type of religious group, worshiping many gods and goddesses.
What is polytheistic
The 2 metals iron is stronger than
What is copper and bronze