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Misc.
100
A region of the Middle East that stretches in a large, crescent-shaped curve from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Fertile Crescent
100
The belief in one or more god
What is polytheism
100
A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire
What is Hammurabi's Code
100
Money that is used as medium of exchange usually in bills or coins
What is currency
100
New technology used by Assyrians
What is iron work
200
A wide, flat plain in present-day Iraq.
What is Mesopotamia
200
Pyramid-shaped brick towers
What are ziggurats
200
The idea that all members of a society-even the rich and powerful-must obey the law
What is the rule of law
200
A good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country
What is an import
200
A city that was originally a Phoenician colony
What is a Carthage
300
Supply water to crops
What is to irrigate
300
A system of writing that uses triangular-shaped of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things
What is cuneiform
300
Soldiers that fight while riding horses
What is cavalry
300
A good or service produced with a country and sold outside the country's borders
What is an export
300
Phoenicians developed this new way of writing
What is the Alphabet
400
An independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory.
What is a city-state
400
An independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal
What is an ally
400
A permanent army of professional soldiers
What is a standing army
400
The art of steering a ship from place to place
What is navigation
400
Mesopotamia refers to two rivers
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates and the Tigris
500
A trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money
What is barter
500
An idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture
What is a cultural trait
500
A payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power
What is a tribute
500
An area ruled by a distant country
What is a colony
500
The lasws written by Ur-Nammu are and example of a
What is a law code