Geography, Religion, Achievements (G.R.A)
These are the two rivers found in Mesopotamia.
**DAILY DOUBLE**
Tigris & Euphrates
This is the term given to the method of trading used.
Bartering.
The Sumerians are credited with inventing a system of writing around 3200 BCE. This is the name of the writing system they developed.
Cuneiform
This empire was known for practicing religious tolerance.
Persia
This is what Phoenicia translate to in Greek.
Purple People
Worshiping multiple gods makes a person this.
Polytheistic
This is the definition of a city-state.
A city the size of a state. Etc.
Along with removing debt for his people, Hammurabi also oversaw a lot of ______ _______ projects.
Public Works
This is the term used to describe the Phoenician's skills in ship building, navigating the seas, and trading on water. They have great ___________ skills.
Maritime Skills
This is why the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built, and how historians view it today.
**DAILY DOUBLE**
Built by Nebuchadnezzar II for his wife, historians have never found ruins so we believe it to be a myth.
Mesopotamia is located in a region known as the ________ _________. (Not Middle East)
Fertile Crescent / Cradle of Civilization
This is the reason that trade became much more popular and widespread throughout the Fertile Crescent.
New modes of transportation (Boats, barges, wheeled carts)
This is the civilization that the Akkadian Empire was known for trading with.
Indus River Valley Civilization
The Phoenician alphabet did not include ______.
**DAILY DOUBLE**
Vowels.
When a person in power dies and no one is there to take their place, this phenomenon occurs.
Power Vacuum
This is why priests are considered a "high-class" profession.
Religion was important in daily life and tied to government.
This is the term given to a system of government that hands down power from father to son.
Patrilineal / Dynasty
This is how Sargon became king.
**DAILY DOUBLE**
Floated down Euphrates -> Cup bearer -> high general -> usurped the king
This is how Cyrus the Great captured Neo-Babylon.
Walked in and declared he was sent by God. Conquered it without shedding blood.
This is why civilizations around the Mediterranean disliked Assyria. (Italy, Greece, Egypt, Cyprus, etc.)
Conquered the Phoenicians / Widespread use of torture... a lot of torture
Explain what irrigation is, and why it was so useful.
Teacher's Discretion
These are the five (5) classes of the social hierarchy of Mesopotamia listed in order from highest to lowest.
**DAILY DOUBLE**
King, priest, scribe, merchants & artisans, farmers, slaves.
Hammurabi's code was both beneficial and detrimental (bad) to Babylonian society. Give a reason for either side of the argument.
B - Established order, protected lower class from oppression etc.
D - Higher class people would not follow the laws, could cause generational feuds.
Murex
This is the strategy Cyrus the Great had to always have a large and powerful standing army.
Replenish troops from conquered city-states.