Sumerian
attracted Stone Age farmers
fertile soil
The number of scribes Hammurabi employed to create Hammurabi's code
282
By what year did the Hittites learn to extract iron from ore
1400 BC
The number of letters in the Phoenician alphabet
22
Unified Upper and Lower Egypt
Large temples built to honor a god or goddess
Ziggurat
The year Sargon conquered the city states of Sumer
2300 BC
For how many years did the Assyrians rule over Mesopotamia
500 years
the reason the Phoenicians turned to manufacturing and trade instead of farming
land was too narrow/small
famous Greek Historian
Herodotus
Sumerian's highest duty
Keep their gods and goddesses happy
Chief god of the Sumerians
Marduk
The city King Assurbanipal established his library
Nineveh
The Phoenicians used this to create their own alphabet
cuneiform
The year the Nubians were defeated by the Assyrians
650 BC
Sumerian's patriarchal structure and government structures influence these later civilizations
Greece and Rome
The year Hammurabi took control of Mesopotamia
1790 BC
The king that conquered Mesopotamia by defeating the Assyrians
King Nebuchadnezzar
What did the Greeks add to the Phoenician alphabet?
vowels
2575 BC to 2130 BC
Old Kingdom
Describes a great flood that destroys the world
Epic of Gilgamesh
Cause of the decline of the Akkadian Empire
Lack of Rainfall
The year did Assyrians migrated to the Tigris River Valley
2000 BC
Order of the Writing Systems (4)
Phoenicians, Greek, Latin, English
The year the Hyksos conquered Egypt
1700 BC