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Vocabulary
Empires
City-State
Fill In the Blank
Emperors
100
Forced removal from one's homeland, often to lands far away?
Exile
100
Who created the wheel?
Sumerians
100
How many social classes were in Mesopotamia?
3
100
What was the wedge-shaped symbols called?
cuneiform
100
Who created the code of laws?
Hammurabi
200
To believe in many gods?
Polytheism
200
Which empire created the hanging gardens?
New Babylonian
200
How thick were the walls around the city-states?
25 feet
200
What kind of people were the most important in the Sumerian society?
Priest
200
Who started minting coins to make it easier to pay taxes?
Darius
300
Governmental divisions like states
provinces
300
What empire ruled by military force?
Assyrians
300
What were the houses made out of?
Mud and reeds
300
What kind of climate was Mesopotamia
Arid
300
Who was the first emperor?
Sargon
400
Payment made in return for protection
tributes
400
who was the Chaldean Emperor?
Nebuchadnezzar II
400
What did Mesopotamia have a surplus of?
Their crops/grains
400
How long was the royal road?
1,775 miles
400
Who created tolerance and had less revolts in their empire?
Cyrus
500
Advance form of culture that developed into cities?
Civilization
500
Which Empire was the largest at one time?
Persia
500
Besides creating the wheel, what other inventions did early Mesopotamia create?
Calendar and arithmetic
500
What was another name for governors?
Satraps
500
What ruler replaced Cyrus?
Darius