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Mesopotamia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mesopotamia existed around ______ BCE was home to many different civilization | 3000 |
| Spanned land between the ________ and ________ Rivers west to the Mediterranean Sea | Tigris and Euphraptes |
| One of the first civilizations to emerge was _______ | Sumer |
| Growth Population and ______ | trade |
| A system of writing and ______ _______ | record keeping |
| They used a system of writing called _______, which was a system of writing with wedge shaped symbols | cuneiform |
| Used tablets made of hardened ________ | clay |
| The epic of __________ was the first known piece of literature, 2700 BCE | Gilgamesh |
| The story of Gilgamesh is a bout a king who _____ with his gods and people | interacts |
| Advanced _________ that allowed them to survive | technology |
| Sumerians invented the _______ , plow, and sailboat | wheel |
| Used ________ for weapons/tools | bronze |
| Functioning __________ | government |
| Mesopotamians modified their environment to live in the challenging ________ | Fertile Crescent |
| ________ ditches were built to control flooding and get water to crops | Irrigation |
| City walls were built prevent _______ | raids |
| Created ________ trade network to get stone, wood etc | extensive |
| They practiced _________, or a belief in many gods | polytheism |
| They worshiped in temples called __________ | ziggurats |
| Government was a monarchy established by strong ________ | warriors |
| Sumerian cities (Ur, Uruk, Akkad) were toppled by ______, a group of nomadic raiders around ______ BCE | Amorites, 2000 |
| The Amorites and their raids left the popular city of _____ in ruins | Ur |
| The Shift to the ______ ____ happened around 1000 BCE and allowed groups like the Hittites to dominate Asia Minor | iron age |
| The Amorites established _______ as their capital city around 2000 BCE | Babylon |
| ___________ was Babylon's most powerful and influential king | Hammurabi |
| Babylon society was very complex, so a legal system called ______ _______ was created to settle every dispute | Hammurabi's Code |
| Hammurabi's code consisted of ___________ | 282 specific laws |
| The laws established that government had a responsibility for what happened in _________ | society |
| __________ were one of the most powerful traders along the Mediterranean Sea around 1100 BCE | Phoenicians |
| Around 900 BCE, Phoenicians developed a 22 symbol ________ (eventually used by Greeks, Romans and us today) | alphabet |
| ________ were one of the smallest groups that lived in the ancient Fertile Crescent | Jews... Judaism was the first monotheistic religion |
| Jews lived in ancient ______ and traded regularly with Phonecians | Israel |
| Jews were the first group to practice a ________ religion | monotheistic |
| _______ is the worship of only one God | Monotheism |
| Ideas based on a legal code received from Moses to God called the _______` | ten commandments |
| Iron is _____ than bronze (will destroy a bronze sword) | harder |
| Iron is ______ to obtain | easier |
| ____________ Empire conquered most of Mesopotamia around 700 BCE due to the adoption of ______ weapons | Assyrians, iron |
| The Assyrians were the most disciplined and effective army to date; ruled out of _______ | fear |
| The Persian empire was very _____ government established around 550 BCE by the Persian King _____ | tolerant, Cyrus |
| The ______ _______ was able to grow because they ruled opposite the way the Assyrians | Persian Empire |
| The ________ conquered all of the Fertile Crescent and most of Asia Minor | Persians, Asia Minor |
| Persians left local customs _____ when a city was conquered no looting, , no destruction of temples or buildings | alone |
| King Cyrus was eventually replaced by _____ around 522 BCE | Darius |
| King Darius ruled with _______ power | absolute |
| Under Darius' rule, the people were connected and ____ | united |
| The ___ _____ connected the land | Royal Road |
| Standard coinage (everyone used the same money) allowed all Persians to conduct _________ | business |
| Persians launched a war against the ______ around 490 BCE | Greeks |
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