Geography
2 major rivers are found in the Fertile Crescent
What are the Tigris and Euphrates
Who are the Sumerians
This is the word for trade without money (trading one thing for another)
what is barter?
what is polytheism
what is the Wheel?
What is silt from the flooding rivers
Who created the first coin called a Daric? The Sumerians, Babylonians or Persians?
Who are the Persians
The Sumerians _____________ surplus grain and items made by craftsmen
what is exported
The name of a Sumerian temple
What is a ziggurat?
The group of people in Sumer who could be educated and made most of the decisions
Who are the men?
Today, the area formerly known as Mesopotamia is in which country?
What is Iraq
This Sumerian type of art was used to mark ownership on items made of clay.
This is how the Sumerians could travel to far away places to trade
What is the sailboat?
Believed to be able to speak to and interpret the wishes of the gods in Mesopotamia. Second highest social class.
Who are the priests?
The king of Akkad who created the first permanent army. He went on to conquer Sumerian city-states, creating the world's first empire.
Who is Sargon?
What are Asia, Africa and Europe
This empire created the Royal Road, a trading network of over 1500 miles to connect the empire?
Who were the Babylonians?
The Sumerians imported _______, metals, wood and precious stones from other regions
what is gold
The way that Persian religion was different than other previous religions
What is they believed in only one god. (monotheistic)
The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
The Persian Empire connected with which 3 bodies of water?
What are the Caspian Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
What is Hammurabi's Code?
This is the name of the Persian Gold coin
What is the Daric?
The religion of Persia- teaching good vs evil with one god and a moral code of how to behave
What is Zoroastrianism?
The name of the governors who ran city-states for the Persian King
What is a satrap?