The OG Civilization: City-states of Ancient Sumer
The earliest form of writing that means "wedge."
What is cuneiform?
Goods/services are paid for through the exchange of coins.
What is a money economy?
The major ancient Phoenician city-state.
What is Tyre?
First ruler of the Persian Empire.
Who was Cyrus the Great?
Name means "between two rivers."
What was Mesopotamia?
A pyramid-temple to specific gods & goddesses.
What is a ziggurat?
Rock carvings, metalworking and carpet weaving.
What are three forms of Persian art?
22 consonants, no vowels.
What is the Phoenician alphabet?
Founder of a new, monotheistic faith in ancient Persia.
Who was Zoroaster?
Two rivers around which Fertile Crescent civilizations emerged.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
Ruling family, Priests & nobles, Wealthy merchants, Artisans, Peasant farmers, Slaves
What is a social hierarchy?
Believed in Ahura Mazda v.s. Ahriman and Judgement Day.
What is Zoroastrianism?
Territories settled & ruled by people in another land.
What is a colony?
Created a unified Persian government.
Who was Darius the Great?
Crossroads where people & ideas mingled.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Two early forms of mathematics developed by the ancient Sumerians.
What are geometry and algebra?
Governors of provinces.
Who are satraps?
Name for the ancient Phoenicians because they spread Middle Eastern civilization around the Mediterranean.
Who are the "carriers of civilization"?
High priestess to the moon god Nanna.
Who was Enheduanna?
Geographic reasons behind the name "The Fertile Crescent."
What are dark, rich soil & golden wheat fields.
Enheduanna's most famous work.
What is "The Hymn to Inanna"?
Another name for the Persian Empire.
What is the Achaemenian Empire?
Used to make "Tyrian purple" dye.
What are murex sea snails?
The Babylonian scribe who compiled The Epic of Gilgamesh.
Who is Sin-Leqi-Unnini?
Modern day name for the area where the ancient Phoenicians ruled.
What is the Levant?