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History Quiz #4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hittites | Early people of Asia Minor who built empires |
| Empire | Group of places under the control of one ruler |
| Caravan | People traveling in groups with their stuff |
| Middle East | Crossroads of the Ancient World |
| Asia Minor | Large peninsula of the Middle East |
| Carthage | Phoenician trading city in North Africa |
| Byblos, Sidon, Tyre | Seaports of Phoenicia where ships were built in the ancient Middle East |
| Lydians | minted first coins |
| mint | to make coins |
| Phoenicians | first sea traders & created first alphabet |
| Sumerians | credited with invention of the wheel |
| ziggurat | Sumerian temple |
| Map location of Babylonia | in southern area of Fertile Crescent between rivers |
| map location of Canaan | Southern part of Fertile Crescent coast |
| map location of Hittites | Middle of Asia Minor |
| map location of Lydia | far western part of Asia Minor |
| map location of Mesopotamia | between rivers of Fertile Crescent |
| map location of Phoenicia | Northern coast of Fertile Crescent |