Mespotamia
Mesopotamia means "______"
Land between two rivers
Persia's art was the first to portrait people as in ____ life
real
True or false: Phoenician lands were good for agriculture
False
The main river of Egypt
Nile
______ is where the Nile river meets the Mediterranean, in the shape of a triangle
delta
_______ is the name of trading things without money
barter
_____ was the most important Persian leader and helped Persia to be one of History's greatest Empires
Cyrus the Great
____ were important for Phoenician's ship supplies and cultural diffusion
Colonies
Pyramids' function was:
Tombs of the Pharaohs
_____ was invented by the Persians to make trade easier in the far places of the Empire
money/currency
Hammurabi's code was good for social _____
order
A standing army is a ________
permanent army of professional soldiers
_____ is an Phoenician creation that we use today
Alphabet
In the social pyramid of Egypt, they were in the middle, responsible for keeping records
scribes
______ was a process of preserving a Pharaoh's body
mummification
True or false: Ziggurats were mausoleums
False
True or false: Persians allowed conquered people to have their gods
True
Name three Phoenicians Exports
jewelry, weapons, tools, pottery, furniture
The Pyramids showed that Egyptians had good control of __________
building techniques ; mathematics
they were the fourth step of the Egyptian social pyramid
merchants / artisans