River Valley Life
Cultural Developments
Mesopotamian Places
Mesopotamian People
100
Wide, fertile river mouth
What is delta
100
Principal building material in Sumer
What is clay(mud) brick?
100
The "land between the rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
100
People who created the earliest known civilization
Who were the Sumerians?
200
Highly developed form of culture
What is civilization?
200
Sumerian writing material
What is clay?
200
Easternmost of Mesopotamia's twin rivers
What is the Tigris?
200
People who created the mightiest Mesopotamian empire
Who were the Persians?
300
Recurring river valley events that enriched the soil
What is floods?
300
System that linked the different parts of both the Assyrian empire and the Persian empire
What is roads?
300
Westernmost of Mesopotamia's twin rivers
What is the Euphrates?
300
Ruler of the second Babylonian empire
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
400
Population centers
What is cities?
400
Form of money used for Persian trade
What is coins
400
Principal city of the Babylonian empire
What was Babylon?
400
Son of Darius who invaded Greece
Who was Xerxes?
500
Groups of people identified by their status
What is classes?
500
Basic political division in Sumer-made up of a city and its surrounding lands and villages
What is city-state?
500
Arc of rich-soil land where Mesopotamia was located
What was the Fertile Crescent?
500
Class of people who had more rights in Babylonia than in other Mesopotamian countries
Who were women?
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