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A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland.
What is the definition of Fertile Crescent?
100
One of the earliest urban societies and they invented the writing system.
Who was sumer and what did they do?
100
Cuneiform is the worlds first system of writing using pictures and symbols.
What is Cuneiform?
100
Hammurbi's Code was set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life.
What is Hammurbi's Code?
100
the Sumerians.
The first people to develop a civilization Mesopotamia were who?
200
1776
What point in time did the Division of Labor start?
200
A empire was land with different territories and peoples under a single rule.
What is a empire?
200
Epics are long poems that tell the stories of heros.
What are epics?
200
A wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle.
What is a Chariot?
200
Written list of laws that controlled people's daily life and behavior.
Hammurabi's Code is important in world history because it was an early what?
300
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks.
What is the definition of silt?
300
people who preformed or led religious ceremonies.
What is a priest?
300
A writer
What is a scribe?
300
The division of society by rank or class.
What is the definition of social hierarchy?
300
their alphabet.
What was the most important contribution of the Phoenicians to our civilization?
400
Surplus
"More then what is needed to survive" is what vocab definition?
400
The worship if many gods
What is polytheism?
400
A ziggurat a is a pyramid shaped tempol with ramps to get to the top.
What is a ziggurat?
400
Alphabet
"A set of letters that can be combined to from words." is what section 4 term?
400
It was first used to keep business records.
Which of the following statements about the first wtiting system is false? a. It was Developed by the babylonians. b. It began with the use of pictures to represent syllables and objects. c. It was recorded on tablets made of clay. d. It was first used to keep business records.
500
Human-made waterways.
What is The definition of canals?
500
A city-state consisted of a central cit and all the countryside around it.
What is a city-state?
500
picture symbols.
What are pictographs?
500
The division of society by rank or class.
What is the definition of social hierarchy?
500
Gilgamesh
Which of the following was the subject of an great Sumerian Epic?