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Fertile Crescent Geography
Sumerian Religion
Advanced Society
Sumerian Achievments
Later Peoples of the Fertile Crescent
100
This is having more than needed.
What is surplus?
100
This is the worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
100
This consisted of a central city and the countryside around it.
What is a city-state?
100
This is the world´s first form of writing.
What is cuneiform?
100
This is a cart that was used in battle with the help of a horse.
What is a chariot?
200
This was a problem in early settlements in Mesopotamia.
What is flooding?
200
This is the division of society by rank or class.
What is social hierarchy?
200
This ruler was the first to have a permanent army and extended the Akkadian Empire.
Who is Sargon?
200
This invention was used for farming.
What is the plow?
200
This motivated Phoenicia to become expert sailors.
What is trade?
300
Mesopotamia is located between these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
300
These people were relied upon to gain the gods' favor.
Who are priests?
300
These were built for protection in city-states.
What are walls?
300
This was a pyramid shaped temple that was in the center of the city.
What is a ziggurat?
300
These people captured Babylon using strong weapons.
Who are the Hittites?
400
The Fertile Crescent extends from the Persian Gulf to what?
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
400
These people were at the bottom of the social hierarchy.
Who are farmers and laborers?
400
This city-state was one of the earliest and largest of ancient Mesopotamia and was also near the Euphrates river.
What is Ur?
400
The Sumerians invented this using the number 60.
What is the calendar?
400
Hammurabi´s Code consisted of how many laws? Choices: (288, 228, 282)
What is 282?
500
Mesopotamia is located in this modern day country.
What is Iraq?
500
This had a great impact on Sumerian society.
What is trade?
500
This is one of Uruk´ s kings who became important in Sumerian literature.
Who is Gilgamesh?
500
The Sumerians invented this form of entertainment decorated with a a cow's head and silver decorations.
What is a lyre?
500
This group of people conquered the Assyrians, rebuilt Babylon into its prior glory, and made it into a center for astronomy.
Who were the Chaldeans?