What is the Fertile Crescent, or The Land Between 2 Rivers
100
Who is known for his collection of laws and for taxation
Who is Hammurabi
100
What were 2 contributions that the Phoenicians made to society long ago?
What is the color purple and the alphabet
100
The leader of the Israelites who led them out of Egypt
Who is Moses
200
First person to rule an empire in Mesopotamia
Who is Sargon
200
Farmers in Sumer used canals to
What is bring flood waters back to the river
200
Kind of government. City states had this type of government before Sargon became Emperor.
What is a monarchy
200
What were 2 contributions that the Israelites made to religion long ago?
What is the belief in one God and the Ten Commandments
200
Wedge-shaped letters written on soft clay tablets
What is cuneiform
300
People who developed a system of writing based on symbols that stood for sounds
Who are the Phoenicians
300
Describe what social classes are and how they started to develop
What is groups of people with different levels of importance. They were formed after the division of labor occured and some jobs were seen as more important than others.
300
What was the major cause of wars among the people in Mesopotamia?
What is land and water
300
What was one contributions of the Lydians to society long ago?
What is coin money
300
the exchange of one good or service for another
What is barter
400
Leader of the Israelites who led them out of Egypt
Who is Moses
400
Farmers in Sumer used dikes to
What is keep flooding rivers within their banks
400
Why did Sargon tear down boundary pillars and city walls?
What is to show that he had built an empire
400
Why did the Phoenicians create the alphabet?
What is to record trade and to write up bills.
400
Why was there eventually a food surplus in Mesopotamia?
What is the people learned how to control the rivers and how to irrigate their crops.
500
Babylonian ruler who established a tax system to support the government
Who is Hammurabi
500
What was the result of the food surplus in Sumer?
What is a division of labor. People could do other kinds of jobs.
500
The first person in Mesopotamia to rule an empire
Who is Sargon
500
What did coin money allow merchants along the Mediterranean Sea to do?
What is set prices for goods and services
500
What were 5 innovations of the Mesopotamian people
What are the wheel, Wheeled Cart, purple dye, alphabet, sails, coin money, the hour being divided into 60 minutes, circle 360 degrees, bronze, etc.