Movement - The area where the first civilizations were developed
What are RIVER VALLEYS?
100
Surplus of food leads to
What is specialization? (artisans who each specialize in their specific skill)
100
A type of government with a King or Queen
What is a monarchy?
100
PUBLIC WORKS: As a Mesopotamian you would use this technology to water land
What is irrigation?
100
The fertile crescent is between these two bodies of water
What is the MEDITERRANEAN SEA and the PERSIAN GULF?
200
REGIONS - Mesopotamia has this nickname because of its good soil
What is the FERTILE CRESCENT?
200
Babylon became rich from trade because it was located on a major trade route that extended from these two bodies of water
What is the MEDITERRANEAN SEA and the PERSIAN GULF?
200
the world's first empire was ruled by
Who was Emperor Sargon?
200
ART/ARCHITECTURE: As a Mesopotamia you would worship one of their many gods at
What is a ziggurat?
200
The fertile crescent of Mesopotamia also has another nickname
What is "Cradle of Civilization?"
300
LOCATION - Mesopotamia means "the land between the rivers" Those two rivers are called:
What are the TIGRIS and EUPHRATES rivers?
300
This group of people made up the middle tier of the social pyramid
Who are the merchants, farmers, and artisans?
300
This King developed a law code that was very strict but protected the less powerful
Who was King Hammurabi?
300
RELIGION: the belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
300
The fertile crescent has two rivers running through it
What are the TIGRIS and EUPHRATES?
400
Human Environment Interaction - small particles of soil that are delivered via flooding and make for good farmland
What is SILT?
400
Merchants traveled along the major trade route through Mesopotamia in groups called
What is a caravan?
400
The Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon
Who was King Nebuchadnezzar?
400
ORGANIZED GOVERNMENT: The Assyrians took ___________, forced payment, from conquered people as a form of taxation.
What is tribute?
400
The calendar created by the Sumerians was based on
What is the CYCLE OF THE MOON?
500
PLACE - this was the Sumerian system of writing
What is CUNEIFORM?
500
The Assyrian empire was divided into segments called ______________ and appointed officials collected taxes and carried out laws.
What are provinces?
500
This people group conquered a large empire because their military learned from the Hittites how to make iron weapons
Who are the Assyrians?
500
CITIES: The city-state (city that governs itself and its surrounding territory) of Sumer was the first to create this technology that later led to the cart and eventually the chariot
What is the wheel?
500
The world's oldest known story is from Sumer. Written more than 4,000 years ago and still studied today