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Fertile Crescent
Sumerians
Later people of Mesopotamia
The Phoenicians
100
Mesopotamian farmers built_____to irrigate their fields
What is canals
100
"between two rivers"
What is the Mesopotamia.
100
developed the world's civilization
What is the Sumerians
100
Was Babylon's king
What is Hammurabi
100
Phoenicia had few resources. One thing they did have and were known for was
What is cedar
200
The art and science of building is known as__________
What is architecture
200
a way of supplying water to an area of land
What is irrigation
200
broke the peace between the Sumerians and Akkadians?
What is Sargon
200
the earliest collection of laws written by Hammurabi
What is Hammurabi code
200
many Phoencias became expert sailors because
What is overland trade routes were blocked by mountains and hostile neighbors....they had to look to the sea for a way to trade
300
The people of Sumer practiced_____the worship of many gods.
What is polythesim
300
a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks. This made land ideal for farming.
What is silt
300
The effect of Sargon's overtaking of all the city-states?
What is established the FIRST empire
300
where quite skillful with the use of the chariot which gave them an advantage in war
What is Hittites
300
they became wealthy by also trading these items
What is slaves, silverwork, ivory carvings
400
________was Hammurabi's capital and one of Mesopotamia's greatest cities
What is Babylon
400
where each worker specializes in a particular task or job
What is division of labor
400
the division of society by rank or class
What is social hierarchy
400
Hittite rule came to an end when
What is the king was killed by an assassin. Kassites captured the city and ruled for almost 400 years
400
The most important achievement of the Phoenicians was this
What is the alphabet
500
Sumerian society was organized in ______which consisted of a city and the surrounding lands.
What is city-states
500
the two rivers that surrounded the Mesopotamia
What is Tigris and Euphrates
500
the worlds first system of writing
What is the cuneiform
500
the key to the Assyrians success
What is their strong army
500
Our alphabet is is based on this groups achievement
What is the Phoenicians