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CIVS in the Fertile Crescent
100
The continent that the Fertile Crescent is in
What is Asia (SW Asia)
100
Mesopotamia stands for this in Greek
What is "land between between two rivers"
100
Chosen by the gods to rule
Who are Kings
100
A city and its surrounding territory
What is a city-state?
100
The world's first civilization
What is Sumer
200
Two rivers that Mesopotamia is referring to
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates
200
A legendary figure in Sumerian writings. Many historians believe he may have been a real king
Who is Gilgamsh
200
At the very bottom of the social classes
Who are slaves?
200
to supply water
Irrigate
200
The world's first city, later becoming a powerful city-state
What is Uruk?
300
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks. Fertile for farming.
What is silt?
300
The most famous of all Mesopotamian Kings. Old Babylon's greatest King
Who is Hammurabi?
300
These people were thought to be the only ones that could commincate with the gods. For this reason they held a great deal of power.
Who are the Priests?
300
This is the belief in many gods or goddesses
What is polytheism?
300
This city-state eventually would go on to start the world's first empire
What is the Akkadian Empire
400
systematic farming led to an over production of food, also known as
What is a surplus
400
This ruler went on to take down the Sumers
Who is Sargon?
400
The Sumerians and the Akkadians were similar in many ways. They shared many of the same...
What are cultural traits?
400
When all of the territories in a civilization are controlled by one main ruler/government
What is an Empire?
400
The amount of years the Akkadian empire lasted
What is 100 years
500
the geography of the land can be characterized as...explain
What is dry, though fertile for farming thanks to the Tigris and Euphrates anual flooding
500
The name of the world's first law code
What is Ur-Nammu
500
The largest working class in Sumer
What are the farmers
500
A writing system using wedge shaped symbols
What is cuneiform?
500
This empire came after the Akkadian empire
What is Amorite or Old Babylon