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Mesopotamia Groups!

Contributions of the Mesopotamian Groups

QuestionAnswer
Were great traders Phoenicians
Had two sea ports Tyre and Sidon Phoenicians
Practiced Zoroastrianism, good vs. evil Persians
Were made slaves in Egypt Hebrews/Jews
Were monotheistic Hebres/Jews
Created coins and a money economy Lydians
Worshipped Yahweh Hebrews/Jews
Had the oldest written law code Babylonians
Allowed people to keep their religion and laws Persians
Metal working, glass blowing, ship building, purple dye Phoenicians
Built Hanging Gardens of Babylon Chaldeans
Built a Road System Persians
Fierce, effective warriors who used chariots and cavalry Assyrians
Built ziggurats, arches, and domes Sumerians
Gave women property and economic rights Babylonians
Created an alphabet Phoencians
Built a great Library and the Epic of Gilgamesh Assyrians
Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes expanded empire Persians
Had a trading city named Carthage in Africa Phoenicians
Created the Code of Hammurabi Babylonians
Had great cities in Akkad and Babylon Babylonians
Wrote in Cuneiform Sumerians
Sumer and Ur are their great cities Sumerians
Come from the Western Fertile Crescent and raid loot, steal and then retreat back home Hittites
Nebuchadnezzar was their leader Chaldeans
Abraham was their founder Hebrews/Jews
Had Ninevah and Ashur as their cities Assyrians
Credited with created the wheel and the plow Sumerians
Created an elaborate science of Astronomy and Astrology Babylonians
Had significant religious freedom Hittites
Hired mercenary soldiers Assyrians
1st to smelt iron Hittites
Ashur is their god Assyrians
Collected taxes or tribute from those they conquered Persians
Only major crimes received the death penalty Hittites
The Torah is their holy book Hebrews/Jews
Developed a money economy Lydians
Were skilled sailors and ship builders Phoenicians
Had the gate of Ishtar Chaldeans
In extreme cases to please their gods, they would sacrifice a child Phoenicians
Moses brings down the 10 Commandments from Mt. Sinai Hebrew/Jews
Create an alphabet that is a model for future Western alphabets Phoenicians
Enslaved in Egypt for 400 years. Ramses the Great lets the people go. Hebrews/Jews
Skilled atronomers could predict solar and lunar eclipses Chaldeans
Traded, built canals, and buildings... conquered most of the Fertile Crescent. Chaldeans
Had governors and military leaders who were kept in check by secret agents Persians
Deported populations of conquered people around their empire to terrorize and confuse them Assyrians
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