Geography
Sumerians
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political, religious, cultural, and economic centers of civilization
What is cities?
100
long poems that tell the stories of heroes
What is epics?
100
the world's first writing system (created by Sumerians)
What is cuneiform?
100
Hammurabi was the leader of this ancient society
What is Babylon?
100
created the world's first advanced society, in a region called Mesopotamia
What is Sumerians?
200
type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job
What is division of labor?
200
Sumerians used these to show ownership of containers and to "sign" documents
What is cylinder seals?
200
dominated city centers
What is ziggurat?
200
the resource for which Phoenicia was well known
What is cedar wood?
200
two land features that gave Mesopotamia its name
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
300
large arc of farmland that extends from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Fertile Crescent?
300
Sumerian math system was based on the number
What is 60?
300
houses main building blocks
What is mud bricks?
300
king responsible for the Hanging Gardens
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
300
among the first leaders to have a permanent army
What is Sargon I?
400
mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks that makes land ideal for farming
What is silt?
400
played a major role in Sumerian society and culture
What is religion?
400
one of Sumerians most important developments
What is the wheel?
400
which group became powerful becuase of trade?
What is Phoenicains?
400
What did city-states fight each other for?
What is farmland?
500
allowed people to do jobs other than farming
What is surplus?
500
the basic political unit of Sumer
What is the city-state?
500
a device that spins clay
What is a potter's wheel?
500
What kind of political unit was Carthage?
What is a colony?
500
the key to the Assyrians succcess
What is a strong army?
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