Vocabulary
What is the belief in more than one god?
What is 'polytheism'?
What is known as the world's earliest law code?
What is 'Ur-Nammu's law code'?
The world's first civilization was the civilization of
What is 'Sumer'?
In Greek, Mesopotamia literally means
What is 'land between the rivers'?
How is Hammurabi's Code similar to modern laws?
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What is 'it is similar because of its concern for justice for all' OR ' it is a key part of of modern democratic principles '?
The Sumerians used technology to ___, or supply water to, their crops.
What is 'irrigate'?
Sumerians created the first system of writing known as
What is 'cuneiform'?
What is 'Nebuchadnezzar II'?
Mesopotamia is located in present-day
What is 'Iraq'?
Which Persian ruler leader conquered Babylon?
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What is 'Cyrus the Great'?
____ is a trading system without directly using currency or money.
What is 'barter'?
Sargon united much of Mesopotamia, and created the world's first empire known as the _____ empire.
What is 'Akkadian'?
The Phoenicians were experts at trading and ____, which is the art of steering a ship from place to place.
What is 'navigation'?
What two rives surround Mesopotamia?
What made priests powerful in Sumerian society?
Priests were able to communicate with the gods.
Soldiers who fought while reading horses are known as
What is cavalry?
How many laws did Hammurabi's Code contain?
+ 400: Who did Hammurabi's Code apply to?
What is '282'?
The ____ empire was considered to be the largest empire during this time period.
What is 'Persian'?
Describe the soil of the Fertile Crescent.
What is 'rich', 'fertile', 'or any similar term'?
What Persian emperor created a currency system?
What is 'Darius'?
A ___ is an area ruled by a distant country.
What is 'colony'?
The Phoenicians created the world's first ___.
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What is 'alphabet'?
The Assyrians divided the Empire into about 70 smaller units of governments called
What are 'provinces'?
The Phoenicians bordered the _____ ____, which allowed them to trade with other civilizations.
What two emperors are recognized as forming the Babylonian empires?
Hint: One empire was known as Old Babylon, and the other empire was known as Neo-Babylon.
What is 'Hammurabi' and 'Nebuchadnezzar II'?