Mesopotamian
Society
Society
Mesopotamian Innovation
Empires
Fertile Crescent Geography
Phoenicians
100
A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top to honor the city's chief god.
What is a Ziggurat
100
The first writing system 
What is cuneiform
100
An area in which the government of the city rules the area surrounding it.
What is a City-State
100
Mesopotamia means the land between these two rivers
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
100
Phoenicians used this for
What is making purple dye
200
A belief system with multiple gods
what is polytheism
200
The use of ditches, canals, and pipes to redirect water to where it is needed for growing crops.
What is irrigation
200
Sargon of Akkad conquered Sumerian city-states to form the world's first this
What is an Empire
200
What physical features helped protect the people of the Fertile Crescent from invasion.
What are the mountains in the north and east, the desert in the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west.
200
Easier to use than cuneiform, the Phoenician this was one of their main contributions to the world
What is an Alphabet
300
The social group at the top of the Sumerian society
Who are kings and priests. (and warriors)
300
The first written story in human history
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh
300
The Neo-Babylonian Empire existed after the first Babylonia Empire. The prefix Neo means this
What is New
300
What periodic event in Mesopotamia helped to enrich the soil.
What is flooding
300
Geography impacted the Phoenician economy and culture because of this
What is it was spread out over the Mediterranean sea.
400
The first system of written laws, including the idea that the punishment should fit the crime.
Hammurabi's Code
400
When people are able to focus on specific occupations.
Specialization
400
These people were originally located in the western part of the fertile crescent but eventually spread out across the Mediterranean Sea.
Who are the Phoenicians
400
The fertile soil and irrigation practices in Mesopotamia helped the people produce extra crops they could store for later use. We call these extra crops a ________
What is a surplus
400
The Phoenician economy was based on this
What is the Sea Trade. Trading
500
A payment made to show loyalty to a ruler
What is a tribute
500
Three things invented by people in Mesopotamia
What are the wheel, writing, sailboats, base 60 math system, 60 minute hour, 12 month calendar, irrigation, chariots, laws.
500
The oldest empire in Mesopotamia 
What is Sumer
500
The Fertile Crescent can be found in these present day countries (Name 3)
What are Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey.
500
Phoenicians built these around their trading posts spread out across the Mediterranean. Carthage was the most important of these.
What are Colonies