Sumer
Empires
Persia
Phoenicians
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100
The region of the Middle East that stretches in a large, crescent-shaped curve
What is the Fertile Crescent?
100
a state containing several countries or territories
What is an empire?
100
soldiers who fight while riding horses
What is cavalry?
100
a good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country
What is an import?
100
The belief in more than one god
What is polytheism?
200
The Greek translation of "land between the rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
200
an independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal
What is an ally?
200
This Assyrian ruler created a beautiful library containing books about law, science, math, and literature
Who is Ashurbanipal?
200
the art of steering a ship from place to place
What is navigation?
200
One of the most famous "long poems" about a a Mesopotamian hero
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
300
Mesopotamia lies between these two rivers
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
300
This Akkadian leader became ruler over Sumer, even though his people spoke a different language
Who is Sargon?
300
This leader expanded Persi'a empire and treated all of his people well
Who is Cyrus the Great?
300
an area ruled by a distant country
What is a colony?
300
a set of laws that governed life in Babylon- "an eye for an eye"
What is Hammurabi's Code?
400
An independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory
What is a city-state?
400
This leader became the King of Babylon and formed the Babylonian empire. He was an excellent military leader
Who is Hammurabi?
400
a permanent army of professional soldiers
What is a standing army?
400
the spreading of cultural traits from one region to another
What is cultural diffusion?
400
a small set of letters or symbols, each of which stands for a single sound
What is an alphabet?
500
large pyramid-shaped towers where people worshipped in Sumer
What are ziggurats?
500
the idea that all members of a society must obey the law
What is rule of law?
500
Darius the Great reunited his empire by improving finances in these two ways
What is lowered tributes and created a currency?
500
Because of Phoenicia's geography, the Phoenicians relied on this lifestyle for resources
What is trade?
500
This religion became the official religion of the Persian empire
What is Zoroastrianism?
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