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Sumer
Sumerian Achievements
Later Peoples of the Fertile Crescent
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100
The area between these two rivers is known as Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates
100
The basic political unit of Sumer consisted of a city and all the countryside around it and was called this.
What is a city-state
100
The world's first system of writing
What is cuneiform
100
This king of Babylon created the world's first written law
Who was Hammurabi
100
A wheeled, horse drawn cart used in battle
What is a chariot
200
Mesopotamia is part of a larger area of rich farmland which is called this
What is the Fertile Crescent
200
Thought to be 2/3 god and 1/3 human, he as the king of the city state of Uruk and the subject of an epic story
Who was Gilgamesh
200
Sumerians were the first to build vehicles that used these
What are wheels
200
This kingdom was the first to master ironworking, which allowed them to make the strongest weapons at the time.
Who were the Hittites
200
The Assyrians ruled from this city, which was destroyed by the Chaldeans in 612 BC
What is Nineveh
300
To control the rivers' flow, Mesopotamians built these human made waterways that connected water storage basins to a network of ditches
What are canals
300
In 2300's BC he sought to extend the Akkadian territory and was the first ruler to have a permanent army
Who was Sargon
300
Sumerians developed a math system based on this number
What is 60
300
According to legend, this most famous king of the Chaldeans built a grand palace that featured the famous Hanging Gardens
Who is Nebuchadnezzar
300
Hammurabi's Code had this many laws
What is 282
400
Over time, Mesopotamian settlements grew in size and complexity and gradually developed into these
What are cities
400
Sumerians practices the worship of many gods, or this
What is polytheism
400
City centers often had one of these pyramid-shaped temple towers
What is a ziggurat
400
This empire was not a great military power, but gained its wealth through trade
Who were the Phoenicians
400
He was Gilgamesh's best friend, originally created to destroy him.
Who was Enkidu
500
The Tigris and Euphrates flow into this body of water.
What is the Persian Gulf
500
This daughter of Sargon wrote hymns to the goddess Inanna and is the first known female writer in history
Who is Enheduanna
500
This Sumerian invention prepared soil for planting
What is the plow
500
The Phoenicians developed this, or a set of letters that can be combined to form words.
What is an alphabet
500
What we call the division of society by rank or class
What is a social hierarchy