Civilization
Three Sumerian inventions
What is the wheel, writing cystem, numbering system based on 60, written laws, first libraries, weights and measures, etc...
3200 BC - 2350 BC
What is the Sumerian Archaic Period?
Two rivers that form a boundary of the fertile crescent
What is the Tigris and Euphrates?
-having plenty of what you need to enjoy a prosperous life
What is prosperous?
allowed for faster transportation of goods and people
What is the wheel?
2350 BC
What is the arrival of Sargon the Great?
Currently, called Turkey
What is Anatolia?
-The writing system of the ancient Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
allowed for the developments of weights and measure
What is the wheel (pottery wheel)?
1800-1600 BC
What is the Old Babylonian Period?
Three largest city-states of Sumeria
What are Ur, Uruk, Kish?
polytheist
What is a person who believes in many gods?
allowed irrigation of crops
What is a canal or basin?
3100 BC
What is the date of the earliest cuneiform?
Modern day Iran
What is Persia?
ziggurat
What is a style of a step pyramid made of clay bricks?
Used as a basic building material in the south of Mesopotamia
What is marsh reed?
2350- 2200 BC
What is the Akkdian Empire?
Land that lies south of Mesopotamia
What is Arabia?
tribute
What is payment that a strong kingdom demands from another society of kingdom?