Geography
These two rivers were essential for the growth of civilizations in the Fertile Crescent.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
This ancient civilization is known for its city-states in Sumer.
What are the Sumerians?
This is considered the first official form of writing and was developed by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
This famous leader founded the Persian Empire and was known for his tolerance.
Who was Cyrus the Great?
This was the major trade product of the Phoenicians.
What is purple dye?
These geographic features helped support farming in the Fertile Crescent.
What is the rich soil and water supply from the rivers?
This battle set off a series of wars between Persians and Greeks.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
This was a large influence on daily lives in Ancient Mesopotamia and they worshiped many of them for different aspects of their lives.
What is gods or polytheism?
This was the empire ruled by Nebuchadnezzar.
What is the Babylonian empire?
This part of the geography impacted the trade in teh Fertile Crescent.
What is rivers for transportation and fertile land for farming?
People used this method in the Fertile Crescent to control water for their crops.
What is irrigation?
What is the epic poem of Gilgamesh?
Name this major contribution the Phoenicians made to writing.
What is the alphabet?
This ruler was known for the Persian Wars against Greece.
Who was Xerxes I?
This form of transportation played a critical role in trade and warfare.
What is the chariot?
Name a key resource that the Fertile Crescent provided for trade.
What is grain?
This ruler was the first to write down the first set of laws.
Who was Hammurabi?
This type of art was common in Ancient Mesopotamian culture.
What is sculptures and pottery?
This leader had the first know empire and also the first permanent army.
Who was Sargon of Akkadia?
Through controlled trade routes and stability this military empire influenced trade in Mesopotamia.
What are the Kassites?
Describe how the rivers influenced the location of the first cities in Mesopotamia.
What is the rivers provided water for farming and transportation?
This empire was best known for its powerful military and establishing the royal library at Niveveh.
Who were the Assyrians?
This this how the Persian Empire's architecture differed from architecture from earlier civilizations.
What is grand palaces and monumental structures?
This young prince took control of the Persian empire after the death of Cambyses and he also built the capital of Persepolis.
Who is Darius I?
This was the basic economic system throughout ancient Mesopotamia.
What is the barter system? (Trade based on goods and services.)