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these people grew more powerful due to trade rather than from winning battles
Who are the Phoenicians
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Two types of technology used by the Hittites and Assyrians in battle
What are iron weapons and chariots
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one of the first leaders to have a permanent army
Who was Sargon
100
human made waterways
What are canals
100
Name two reasons crops grew well in Mesopotamia
What are 1) the land was fertile because of the silt, and 2) the rivers provided plenty of water
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most city-states did this with one another
What is fought with each other
200
The Sumerian plow is much like this modern day item
What is the tractor
200
Sumerians believed their gods needed to be ...
What is worshipped and pleased
200
True or False: People who could read and write were important in Sumerian society
What is true - scribes could read and write and were important in their city-states
200
this is "the land between two rivers" in Greek
What is Mesopotamia
300
The Phoenicians spread this along their trade routes
What is the Phoenician alphabet
300
Babylon was located near this present-day city
What is Baghdad, Iraq
300
As a high priestess, she showed that Sumerian women could be important religious leaders
Who was Enheduanna
300
Complete the sentence: If people have a steady _____ supply, they can build a _____ society.
What is: If people have a steady FOOD supply, they can build a COMPLEX society.
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the type of home most Sumerian people lived in
What are one-story homes with 6 or 7 rooms, arranged around a small courtyard
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The natural resource for which Phoenicia was well known
What is cedar wood
400
The Sumerians developed a math system based on this number
What is 60 - our minutes and seconds come from the Sumerian math system
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these two leaders built or rebuilt Babylon
Who were Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar
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Surplus food could be traded for this
What is other kinds of goods
400
the word literally means "wedge-shaped" - the world's first system of writing
What is cuneiform
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these were most likely built very tall to honor the gods
What is a ziggurat
500
these served the role between Sumerians and their gods and goddesses
Who were priests and priestesses
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two physical features that gave Mesopotamia its name
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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these protected the inhabitants of the city-state from attack
What are walls
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these were round stones used to sign contracts and mark property
What are cylinder seals