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Who served as a link between the Sumerians and the Gods?
Priests
100
Irrigation increased....
the amount of food available
100
What group of people developed Cuneiform, wheels, and plows?
Sumerians
100
Name one of the world's first cities...
Ur
100
The group of people at the bottom of the social hierarchy...
slaves
200
Who established the world's first empire? (He was a ruthless leader who had a standing military and used plundering as a way to support it)
Sargon
200
What was the name of the form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols?
Cuneiform
200
To survive in desert temperatures of 120 degrees, what two things did Sumerians do?
channeled the wind and used evaporative cooling
200
Name the other world's first cities...
Uruk
200
A division of society by rank or class...
social hierarchy
300
Why did Mesopotamians build canals?
To control a river's flow
300
The Hittites and Assyrians used what two technologies in battle?
iron weapons and chariots
300
Name one of the two rivers that were the basis for life in Mesopotamia...
Tigris
300
A way of supplying water to an area of land
irrigation
300
A wheeled, horse-drawn battle cart...
chariot
400
Scribes were...
writers
400
What is a pyramid-shaped temple that rose above each Sumerian city called?
Ziggurat
400
Name the other river that was the basis for life in Mesopotamia...
Euphrates
400
Sharp tools used to make symbols on clay tablets
stylus
400
The worship of many gods
polytheism
500
Who created the 282 laws written in cuneiform? (He wanted to be liked by his citizens so he created the laws to protect them)
Hammurabi
500
Who developed one of the world's first alphabets?
Phoenicians
500
Upper class women were able to be...
priestesses
500
A large arc of productive farmland
Fertile Crescent
500
Land with different territories and people under a single ruler
empire