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Mesopotamia
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Mesopotamian
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Phoenicia
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Sumerian
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"Between the Rivers"
What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek?
100
Rivers that assisted the development of irrigation, fertile soil, and transportation.
What are the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers?
100
The major export of Phoenicia.
What is reddish purple cloth? (also called "Phoenicia")
100
Sumer
What was the name of the Sumerian city?
100
The birthplace of urban society
What is Mesopotamia?
200
Babylon, Ur, and Larsa.
What were the first cities of Mesopotamia?
200
Three natural resources that assisted the development of Mesopotamia.
What are reliable sources of irrigation, coupled with favorable weather patterns and fertile soil?
200
Tyre and Sidon in the Near East, Tripoli, and Carthage
What were the major Phoenician colonies?
200
Cuneiform
What was their written language?
200
An administrative system based on standardized procedures, a hierarchy of offices, and specialization of functions among experts.
What is a bureaucracy?
300
The Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Chaldeans, Persians, and Mitannis.
Who were the conquerers of Mesopotamia?
300
An upright, inscribed stone slab or pillar with a curved top; it is used as a gravestone, monument, or marker.
What is a stela?
300
The alphabet made in Phoenicia.
What is the Phonetic alphabet?
300
Trade.
What was one of the major sources of commerce?
300
The fourth millennium B.C.
When did Mesopotamia develop the first cities?
400
The Persian Gulf
What is one important trade route of Mesopotamia?
400
Reveals rich literary, theological, scientific, and cultural traditions in Mesopotamian society.
What are millions of cuneiform sources?
400
Phoenicians became vassals of this empire.
What is the Persian Empire?
400
From Asia Minor in 3300 B.C.
From where and when did the Sumerians originate?
400
The conquerors of Sumer adopted many aspects of Sumerian society including the building of these types of complexes.
What are Ziggurat Complexes?
500
The Code that was was published on a massive stone stela in the cuneiform script.
What is The Code of Hammurabi?
500
Assisted the development of urban life in Mesopotamia.
What is the invention of abstract writing?
500
Phoenicia was a formidable trade power during this millennium.
What is the first millennium?
500
Tigris-Euphrates river valley.
What was the location of Sumer?
500
The area dominated by Phoenicians roughly corresponded to this present-day country.
What is Lebanon?