Vocabulary Victory
This term means more than what is needed.
Surplus
These two rivers bordered Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates
Sumerians used this- the world's first writing system.
Cuneiform
This Babylonian ruler made one of the oldest written law codes.
Hammurabi
This system exchanges items directly without using money.
Barter
This is the worship of many gods.
Polytheism
This method carries water to land or crops.
Irrigation
Scribes pressed these tools into clay tablets to write cuneiform
Reed Stylus
This ruler was the first leader to rule an empire
Sargon
This people depended on trade because their geography had little farmland and few resources.
Phoenicians
This type of government is ruled by a single king or queen.
Monarchy
In dry Mesopotamia, people used canals to move river water to these places.
Their fields, their crops
Made from copper and tin, this material produced better tools than stone.
Bronze
These were the source from which many Mesopotamian kings said their authority came.
The gods
This empire's ruler, Cyrus the Great, allowed conquered peoples to keep their customs and religions.
Persian Empire
This term describes a society divided according to rank or class.
Social Hierarchy
This large region of rich farmland lay near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea.
The Fertile Crescent
Sumerians used this device to sign documents and identify themselves.
Cylinder Seal
Hammurabi's laws reveal that consequences could differ according to this factor.
Social Class of the victim
The Royal Road, standardized currency, and provinces ruled by satraps were projects of this Persian ruler.
Darius I
This political unit includes a city and the surrounding area.
City-State
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This belief describes a cosmic battle in which people help good defeat evil.
Zoroastrianism
This Sumerian system divided an hour into 60 minutes and a minute into 60 seconds.
Base-60 System
This Persian ruler kept conquered peoples loyal by allowing them to keep their religions and customs.
Cyrus the Great
List in chronological order, the six groups which appeared in the region of Mesopotamia:
Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Phoenicians, Persians