Sumer
A common language
What helped civilization develop in Sumer?
Large areas of land ruled by one government
What is an empire?
Africa and Asia
Where was the Assyrian Empire?
Rich, dark soil
Why did people farm along the Nile?
Deity
What is a god
Irrigation
Prisoners of war
How did Sumerians get slaves?
Territories
What did the Assyrians divide their country into?
Inundation, Emergence, Harvest
What were the three months of the Egyptian calendar?
decree
What is an official order from a leader?
By the gods
How did Sumerians think their gods were chosen?
What was one of the Babylonian laws?
Monuments
What did Assyrians build so people would remember them?
Ra
Who was the most important Egyptian god?
Own a business
What special thing could Sumerian women do?
Trade the extra food
What did Sumerians do with their food surplus?
Chariots
What did the Hittites use to defeat the Babylonians in battle?
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon a part of?
Only the heart
What did the Egyptians leave inside when they were making a mummy?
Way too much of something at one time
What is an inundation?
Writing
What is the most important thing Sumerians gave to the world?
Iron
What made Hittite and Kassite weapons more powerful?
People from Persia
Who took over the New-Babylonian Empire?
Double crown
What did the Egyptian pharaohs wear after the kingdoms were united?
A star reappears
How did Egyptians know when the floods would come?