Vocabulary
Geography
City-States
Empires
Misc.
100
Systems that use canals, dams, and gates
What is irrigation systems
100
Where first civilizations developed along
What is near rivers
100
A self governing city that also governs nearby villages
What is a city-state
100
Created the first empire
Who is Sargon?
100
mostly boys from the ages of 8-20
What is school
200
long periods without rain
What is droughts
200
Located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What is Mesopotamia
200
People who lived in city-states built these for protection against constant threat of attack
What is mud brick walls around the city
200
The capital of the first empire
What is Akkad
200
The specialization of jobs
What is division of labor
300
Writing developed by the Sumerians that used clay tablets and a reed stylus.
What is cuneiform
300
The mountain range to the east of the Tigris river
What is the Zagros mountains
300
This was at the very center of most city-states
What is a ziggurat
300
Nineveh is the capital of
What is Assyria
300
Show a series of events and when they took place
What is a timeline
400
The wearing away of soil by wind or water
What is erosion
400
The body of water both rivers empy in to
What is the Persian Gulf
400
Made out of mud bricks in a rectangular shape along narrow streets
What is houses
400
The empire in the south that was well known for its wealth due to trade
What is Babylon
400
Groups of travelers
What are caravans
500
The area of the dozen city-states in the south where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet
What is Sumer
500
Went from the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
What is the Fertile Crescent
500
Used for gods to descend to the earth
What are steps and ramps on a ziggurat
500
The Assyrian empire is best known for its
What is skilled warriors
500
The direction the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flowed
What is south
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