Sumer
A technology that allowed crops to be watered all year round
Irrigation
The punishment for theft
Dead :(
The metal the Assyrians used to create weapons & tools that were stronger than bronze
Iron
The name for the elite, 10,000-man fighting force
Immortals
An area ruled by a distant country
Colony
The belief in multiple gods
Polytheism
The punishment for cheating on your spouse
Dead :(
The term used to describe soldiers on horseback
Cavalry
Zoroastrianism
A rare color of dye made by snails
Purple
A form of writing that used a stylus to press wedge shapes into clay
Cuneiform
The punishment for breaking someone's arm
Cast :(
A ruler known for his influential law code
Hammurabi
The name of Persia's wealthiest city
Babylon
The wealthiest Phoenician city
Carthage
A metal created by combining copper & tin
Bronze
The punishment for killing your patient
No hands :(
A subsection of an empire, typically led by a governor
Province
Innovations introduced by Darius to benefit the Persian Empire's economy
Taxes/tribute, common currency, roads
A writing innovation that influenced the Greeks & Romans
Alphabet
Inventions that aided transportation
The wheel & sailboats
The punishment for building a bad house that kills the homeowner's child
Dead son :(
The first ruler of the Akkadian Empire
Sargon
The term for a sculpture that is carved into the side of a building
Relief
The rulers of Phoenician city-states
Priest-kings, merchants, citizen assemblies