Mesopotamia Civilization 1
How did irrigation help Mesopotamian farmers?
by providing water to crops during dry weather
Which ruler formed the first empire in Mesopotamia?
Sargon
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What was one of the most valuable products made by Phoenician artisans?
purple cloth
In what part of the world was Sumer located?
Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Which group overthrew the Assyrians to reclaim their kingdom?
the Babylonians
Under King Nebuchadnezzar, the city of Babylon
became the largest and richest city in the world.
Where was Phoenicia located?
along the Mediterranean Sea
What did the city-states of Sumer have in common?
They often fought over territory.
How did the Assyrians try to impose their rule on conquered peoples?
moving whole communities to new lands
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What contribution of the Phoenicians spread across the Mediterranean world?
the first alphabet
Which of these types of people was part of the upper class in Sumer?
priests
Which empire was characterized by temples and palaces filled with carvings and the library at Nineveh that held 25,000 tablets?
Assyrian Empire
Sumerians had a belief system known as___________________ in which they worshipped multiple gods.
polytheism
What caused the collapse of the Phoenician empire?
not having a land army
what can be inferred about the relationship between specialization and society?
The more specialized a society, the more complex it was.
A ___________________________________ was a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top to honor the city-state’s chief god.
ziggurat
Which is the correct order of developments in Mesopotamian civilizations, starting with the earliest?
irrigation, food surplus, specialization
Which is the correct chronological order of Fertile Crescent empires?
Akkadian, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Phoenician