The Fertile Crescent
A city that is independent and has its own government.
What is a city-state?
A pyramid shaped structure, usually with a temple at the top.
What is a ziggurat?
Merchants, farmers, artisans, and soldiers usually belonged to this social class.
What is the middle class?
A new territory that is established far away from your home region. (Carthage was one of these and was very important to Phoenicia)
What is a colony?
A group of letters that stand for sounds
What is an alphabet?
One of the seven wonders of the world located in ancient Babylon.
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
The official record keepers of early empires
What are scribes?
What large empires in Mesopotamia were divided into so that they were easier to rule
What are provinces?
One of the most important Phoenician inventions that helped advance communication and writing
What is an alphabet?
A broad geographic area
What is a region?
The worship of many gods
What is polytheism?
This invention used the moon phases to help Sumerians plan better for their crop cycles.
What is a calendar?
The ruler/king that posted his code of laws supporting the belief of "an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth"
Who is Hammurabi?
The sea the Phoenician's established their trade empire around
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
A forced payment made to a ruler (as a sign of submission)
What is a tribute?
The biggest sections of the economies for the majority of Fertile Crescent civilizations.
What is farming and trade?
The world's oldest known story
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
The son of Neo-Babylonian king, Nabopolassar
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II?
The two things that played a major role in Phoenician culture.
What are the sea and trade?
An amount that is left over after a need has been met.
What is a surplus?
The two regions that make up the Fertile Crescent, one representing the eastern half and the other represents the western half.
What are the Levant and Mesopotamia?
The system of writing the Sumerians created.
What is cuneiform?
The leader of the very first empire. He conquered the remaining Sumerian city-states and was known as the "King of Sumer and Akkad"
Who is Sargon?
The source of Phoenicia's purple dye.
What are sea snails?
The word for a society that is dominated by men.
What is a patriarchy