Vocabulary
What is a pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top?
Ziggurat
The Tigris and Euphrates River run _____________ to each other.
Parallel
What were the two rivers that ran through the Fertile Crescent?
The Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers
Which social class of Sumer included jobs like merchants, farmers, and artisans?
The Middle Class
What was the first know writing system in the world called?
Cuneiform
What is a belief in more than one god?
Polytheism
Mesopotamians would ______________ goods and services through trade with other cultures.
Exchange
What was the land called between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Mesopotamia
What is a set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people?
Culture
Which of the following was NOT invented by the Sumerians?
a. Writing
b. The 12-month calendar
c. The wheel
d. Papyrus
d. Papyrus
What is a complex society?
Civilization
Irrigation and dams helped farmers produce food ______________.
Surpluses
What water source was the Phoenician Empire located near in the Fertile Crescent?
The Mediterranean Sea
Who was the Babylonian king who was best known for creating a set of laws for his empire?
Hammurabi
An ancient Assyrian king named Ashurbanipal built this in the capital of Nineveh.
Libraries
What is a city that is independent and has its own government?
City-State
The Sumerian middle class ______________ of merchants, farmers, and artisans.
Consisted
What was the turning point in world history when people went from being hunter-gathers and started to settle down in small farming communities?
The Agricultural Revolution
Who was the Akkadian king who formed the first empire by conquering the Sumerians?
Sargon
What was Sargon's daughter known for?
First known writer
What is a group of many lands under one ruler?
Empire
The Phoenicians would _____________ fish, sand, and snails from the ocean.
Extract
Where were the famous hanging gardens, considered one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world, located in Mesopotamia?
Babylon
What new Empire was created after citizens revolted because they were tired of the harsh rule of the Assyrian Empire?
The Neo-Babylonian Empire
The Babylonians invented this to measure time?
Sundials