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What does DBQ stand for?
Document based question
What does Fertile mean?
easy to grow stuff
What is an Empire?
Group of lands under one ruler
What is silt?
fertile soil
What are Artisans?
Specialized workers that make stuff with their hands
Which cultural hearth did Mesopotamia come from?
Catalhoyuk
What were the two rivers that flowed through the fertile crescent?
Tigris and Euphrates
What is cuneiform?
Early Sumerian writing system
What is Irrigation?
artificial ways to get water to crops
What are city-states?
independent mini countries made up of one city and its surrounding farmland
What are the 7 traits of civilization?
Agriculture, Specialized workers, Government, Record Keeping, Cities, Religion, Technology
What does Mesopotamia mean?
land between the rivers
Where were Artisans located in the Sumerian social classes?
Middle
What are Ziggurats?
Sumerian Temples
What is tribute?
Things given by a defeated people to the people who defeated them
True or false: Sumerians are Mesopotamians
True
Which ruler built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Nebuchadnezzar
Who was the most famous ruler of the Akkadian Empire?
Sargon the Great
Who was the most famous ruler of the Chaldeans?
Nebuchadnezzar
Who was the most famous ruler of the Babylonian Empire?
Hammurabi
What is Hammurabi's legacy?
Code of Laws
What is the Legacy of the Assyrians?
Iron weapons, Chariots
What is the Legacy of the Phoenicians?
Alphabet
What is Cyrus the Great's Legacy?
Tolerance of other religions
What is Darius the First's Legacy?
Provinces