vocab
What is stele?
It´s a carved stone or piller that stands on the end.
What was the first Domestication animal?
A dog
What was uruk first city founded around?
It was founded around 6,000 to 7,000 years ago.
The phoenicians were fearless sailors who?
Guided ships full of trade gods through the ocean waters.
Which 2 land features gave Mesopotamia its name?
The rivers.
What were the most important for clothing?
Animal hides and fur.
What did uruk cover an area of and what did they have?
uruk covered nearly 1,000 acres and had houses,gardens,and large public buildings such as temples.
Geography greatly influenced Phoenicians development...
The Lebanon mountains
What is Hammurabi´s code?
A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonia Empire.
in China what do they learn how to do?
Breed silkworms.
What were the cities first rulers?
Temple priests.
Define cuneiform.
it´s a system of writing that uses triangular shaped symbols.
what did early farmers fill there home with?
with furniture,tools,clay pots,and other goods.
What happen when farming started to spread?
Many small settlements appeared.
What is cultural diffusion?
its the spreading of cultural traits from one region to another.
When the crops and herds improved what happen?
The amount of food that farmers could produce each year increased.
What happen when uruk was at its height?
More than 40,000 people lived there.