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100
The reason people settled in Mesopotamia
What is the fertile land and abundant water supply.
100
created the first coined money
What is the Lydians
100
This technology helped conquer Sumer
What is the chariot.
100
Barter
What is the system of trading goods.
100
2300BC
What is when Sargon the Great starts the Akkadian Empire.
200
The Sumerians built these to combat flooding and soil erosion
What are dikes and canals.
200
Had a covenant with God and were monotheistic
What is the Israelites
200
This was the first form of writing. Hammurabi's Code was written in this.
What is cuneiform.
200
innovation
What is a new idea or concept.
200
600BC
What is when the Lydians coined the first money with the king's personal mark.
300
Sargon the great was able to conquer Sumer due to this kind of geography
What is flat land.
300
Created the alphabet
What is the Phoenicians
300
Sumerians built to signify their borders
What is pillars.
300
Money economy
What is a system of trade where money is exchanged for goods and services
300
721BC
What is when Assyria conquers Israel
400
the main causes of war in Mesopotamia
What is the need for land and water.
400
Had the first standing army
What is the Akkadians
400
code of law that was created by a king?
What is Code of Hammurabi
400
Surplus
What is when you have an extra supply of something.
400
1790BC-1750BC
What is when Hammurabi unites most of Mesopotamia and compiles the Code of Hammurabi.
500
This group of people became the best sailors due to where they lived
What is the Phoenicians
500
They conquered lands in order to build roads to expand trade routes.
What is the Assyrians.
500
Surpluses caused this innovation in Sumer
What is the division of labor
500
Ziggurat
What is a Sumerian mud-brick temple.
500
1000-700BC
What is when the Phoenicians began creating colonies where they sailed.