Vocab
A Sumerian ______________ consisted of the city, the surrounding mud brick wall, and surrounding farmland.
city-state
Name the two rivers that surrounded Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
The Sumerians based their number system on what number?
60
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Chaldeans did these 3 amazing things that we still use today...
charted the stars, made the 12- month calendar, solved complex problems of geometry
Name the civilizations of Mesopotamia in chronological order
Sumerians, Babylonians, Hittites, Kassites, Assyrians, Chaldreans
This was a large building located in the center of each Sumerian city-state.
ziggurat
This Sumerian invention that allowed farmers to prepare and plant larger areas of land more quickly.
plow
I am the only person allowed in the temple.
priest
Money was not used in Sumer, what was used?
trade/barter
The ancient Sumerians created the world's first writing system know as ________________.
cuneiform
Why did the Persians invade Greece?
To punish the Greek city states for supporting other Greeks who rebelled.
This Sumerian invention allowed Sumerians to travel easier to different areas to trade goods.
wheel
2 things that Phoenicians exported
cedar timber and purple cloth
Sumerians wrote on _______________.
clay tablets
The belief in many god is called _________________.
polytheism
The word Mesopotamia means...
the land between two rivers
Sumerians recorded the position of the planets and stars and developed a __________________ based on the cycles of the moon.
12 month calendar
____________ were prisoners of war or people who had to pay of debts.
slaves
because of farming, people were able to work in particular jobs and this is called...
division of labor
How did people who were conquered by Cyrus the Great feel about how he treated them?
They rarely revolted
Mesopotamia is located in this present day country.
Iraq
These laws were based on "eye for an eye."
The Code of Hammurabi
A famous king who became friends with any unlikely person.
Gilgamesh
The world first empire was created by _______________ in around ______________.
Sargon/2350 B.C.
Having extra of something is classified as a ________.
surplus
How did the Phoenicians communicate complex ideas?
the alphabet
Babylonians are known for ...
written laws
Another name used for gods.
deities
assyrians were known for ....
the first library- keeping texts on medical, legal, religious, administrative and literature