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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia Study Guide

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Feature that makes Mesopotamia ideal for farming a flat plain between two rivers
Farming in Mesopotamia was more productive because workers specialized in a job or task
Hunter gather groups settle in Mesopotamia First Event
People Learned to plant crops to grow their food Second Event after Hunter gather groups settle.
Third Event after people learned to plant crops to grow their own food. Farm settlements formed
Fourth Event after farm settlements Villages formed
Fifth Event after villages formed Civilizations developed
Caregivers Roles Women held in Sumer
Roles Women held in Sumer Writers, Priestesses & caregivers
Roles Women held in Sumer Writers
know the punishment for specific crimes Hammurabi's code
established one of the world's first libraries Assyrians
wrote down laws Babylonians
Chaldeans charted position of the stars and used geometry
mastered ironworking to make the strongest weapons of the time Hittities
Used the stars to navigate at sea Phoenecians
Phoenicians used _____________ to communicate complex ideas in writing Alphabet
Conquered peoples reaction to Cyrus the Great treatment of them. They rarely revolted
The reason why Persia invaded Greece To punish the Greek city states for rebelling
Goods that the Phoenicians exported. Purple cloth and cedar timber
Kings and Queens Top of social hierarchy
Below Kings and Queens in social hierarchy priest & priestesses
below priests and priestesses on social hierarchy merchants, traders, and craftspeople
above slaves in the social hierarchy farmers and laborers
at the bottom of the social hierarchy slaves
Wheel and sewers Advancements the Sumerians made
1st Civilization in order of existence Babylonians
2nd Civilizations in order of existence Hittities
3rd Civilizations in order of existence Kassities
4th Civilizations in order of existence Assyrians
5th Civilizations in order of existence Chaldeans
led revolt against Medes & built unstoppable Army Cyrus the Great
Darius I built Persepolis
invaded Greece and was defeated Xerxes I
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