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The Civilization of Sumer
The First Empires
The Assyrian and Persian Empire
The Phoenicians
Miscellaneous - Whole Chapter
100
These are the two rivers that make up the Mesopotamian river valley.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
100
This means "an independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal."
What is ally?
100
This is a word that means "soldiers fighting on horseback."
What is cavalry?
100
This means "the art of steering a ship from place to place."
What is navigation?
100
This word means "a payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power."
What is tribute?
200
This happened every spring in the Mesopotamian river valley.
What is the rivers flooded the banks?
200
This Akkadian created the first empire.
Who is Sargon?
200
This project is one of the Ancient Wonders of the World.
What is "Hanging Gardens of Babylon?"
200
This is what the Phoenicians created (later adapted by the Greeks and Romans) that influences US today.
What is an alphabet?
200
This is a type of sculpture that sticks out from the surface of the base material.
What is relief?
300
These are two of the technological achievements of the Sumerian civilization.
What is irrigation, the wheel, the plow, and the sail?
300
Hammurabi ruled his empire around this city.
What is Babylon?
300
These people took over the area of Mesopotamia (and then some) and were especially fierce fighters.
Who are the Assyrians?
300
This is one of the colonies of the Phoenicians found in North Africa.
What is Carthage?
300
This is the system of writing most frequently used in Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
400
Mesopotamia means this in Greek.
What is "land between the rivers?"
400
This is the idea that "all members of a society - even the rich and powerful - must obey the law."
What is rule of law?
400
This is one of the ways that Cyrus was able to lead a great empire.
What is treating conquered peoples well or having a skilled standing army?
400
These are two of the items that Phoenicians exported to other countries.
What is crafts workers' work, pine & cedar logs, wine, olive oil, salt, or fish?
400
Name two types of people that were at the top of the Sumerian social class pyramid.
What is the ruler, his top officials, powerful priests, wealthy merchants, or owners of large pieces of land?
500
These are two mountain ranges in Mesopotamia.
What are the Zagros and Taurus mountain ranges?
500
This is number of laws in Hammurabi's Code.
What is 300 laws?
500
This is an ancient religion that some Persians believed in that did NOT believe in polytheism.
What is Zoroastrianism?
500
This is the one of the geographic reasons that the Phoenicians became a seagoing people.
What is living on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea or living in a mountainous region making farming difficult?
500
This ruler destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?