Mesopotamia
Crops grew well near this.
Water
Sumerian society was based on this.
Agriculture.
This code set different punishments based on class.
Hammurabi's Code.
Sumer invented this.
Wheel, sail, plow, first system of writing, and first to use bronze.
This was America's first major war.
The French and Indian War.
between the rivers
Sumer's earliest government was controlled by who?
Temple Priests.
This group overwhelmed the Sumerians and established their capital at Babylon.
Amorites.
Sumer's writing system was called this.
Cuneiform.
About 3 Million people.
These are the two rivers that Mesopotamia lied between.
Rulers passed their power on to who?
Their sons.
This was Hammurabi's famous phrase of his code.
"Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth"
Slaves in Sumer were not based on race but were based on ___________.
Conquered peoples.
This battle pitted 300 Spartans vs 250,000 Persians.
Battle of Thermopylae.
Irrigation increased this.
Amount of food growth.
Process of a new idea or product spreading from one culture to another.
Cultural Diffusion.
The Babylonian Government.
The Epic of Gilgamesh.
This was the first American fast-food establishment in the Soviet Union.
McDonalds.
The Fertile Crescent extends to where?
Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
Sumerian god of the clouds and air.
Enlil.
This is a right women gained under Hammurabi's Code.
Divorce.
How many laws were in Hammurabi's Code?
282 Rules
What is Mrs. Jill's favorite bird?
Flamingo.