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100
1st emperor of Akkadia
What is Sargon?
100
Priests worshipped in these which also acted as town halls.
What are ziggurats?
100
contains a specific piece of land called the fertile crescent.
What is Mesopotamia?
100
The 1st of the 5 traits of civilization? Ur is an example.
What are Advanced cities?
100
extra grain was a good example of this
What is surplus?
200
Nebuchadnezzar II made beautiful hanging gardens for his wife in this empire.
What is an Chaldea?
200
These people remained important because their job was to please the gods and keep evil away.
What are priests?
200
This substance caused land to be fertile from overflowing river banks.
What is silt?
200
Scribes were a perfect example of this trait of civilization?
What are specialized workers?
200
Hammurabi made the first set of these?
What are code of laws?
300
A set of laws followed by all city-states in Babylon.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
300
wedge shaped system of about 600 characters which took years to learn.
What is cuneiform?
300
These were used for ancient irrigation and would direct water down hill towards crops?
What are canals?
300
A good example of Complex institutions are these busy buildings.
What are ziggurats?
300
brings water to crops
What is irrigation?
400
Founded empire by conquering new lands in Chaldea, Egypt, Palestine. Began the Persian Empire.
Who is Cyrus?
400
profession which took years to learn, in charge of keeping records.
What are scribes?
400
This particular climate paired with irrigation allowed for a longer growing season in Mesopotamia.
What is Arid?
400
Cuneiform is how the Sumerian showed this trait of civilization?
What is record keeping?
400
expanded Persian empire to its biggest size
Who is Darius?
500
Ashurbanipal founded this giant empire.
What is Assyria?
500
Took over Sumeria
Who is Sargon?
500
Mesopotamia when translated means the land between 2 rivers. Name both rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
500
The people of Sumer started making materials out of this material showing off their 5th trait of civilization with improved technology.
What is bronze?
500
Writing was used for this purpose only initially
What is business?