Vocabulary
What is the word for complex societies that have art, religion, and government.
What is civilization
This group of people were the first civilization in Mesopotamia
Who were the Sumerians
A waterway to help crops grow
Irrigation system
This social class role was responsible for controlling the government
What is the king
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
The process of utilizing water to grow crops
What is Irrigation
This man was king of the Babylonians and this famous code is named after him
Who was Hammurabi
A circle that helps move things from one place to another.
This social class was responsible for ownership of land
What are priests and priestesses
Another name for a Sumerian temples
What is a Ziggurat
Another word for political districts
What is Province
He led the Akkadians to a successful overthrow of Sumerian rule in Mesopotamia
Who is Sargon
The Sumerians developed a number system up to this number
What is 60
Only wealthy boys from rich families became record keepers
What are scribes
First civilization to use iron weapons
What are the Assyrians
The development of different kinds of jobs
What is specialization
He led to Chaldeans to a successful overthrow of the Assyrians
Who was King Nebuchadnezzar
The Sumerians developed this based on the cycles of the moon
What is the 12 month calendar
This occupation was responsible for making metal products, cloth, or pottery
What is artisans
The Chaldeans were conquered by this empire in 539 B.C.
Who are the Persians
Traders sold groups to these traveling merchants
What are caravans
The Sumerians wrote about this hero in one of their first poems
Gilgamesh
This invention went from muscle power to wind power
What is the sailboat
This social class were at the bottom of the pyramid and consisted of prisoners of war, criminals, and people who needed to pay off their debt.
What are slaves?
The Hammurabi Code would later influence later laws that includes these two future civilizations
What are the Greeks and the Romans