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chapter 2
key terms & people
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| curves between the Mediterranean sea and the persian gulf | fertile crescent |
| which in greek means "between the rivers. | Mesopotamia |
| rose to the sky | ziggurat |
| a political unit with its own government | city-state |
| the worship of many gods | polytheism |
| is a series of rules from one family | dynasty |
| to produce this writing,Sumerians used sharp tools called styluses to make wedge-shaped symbols on clay table | cuneiform |
| king of akkad in Mesopotamia,he is conquered the founder of Mesopotamia and conquered many acities along the middle euphrates to northern syria.he established trade routes with the indus valley,the coast of the golden period of Muslim art & architecture | Sargon |
| king of Babylonia he was a brilliant military leader who brought all of Mesopotamia into the Babylonian empire.he is known for his uniform code of 282 laws its known by written laws | Hammurabi |
| several tribes who spoke related language | Indo-european |
| arid grasslands,north of the black sea ariven out by drought conflicts,or a lack of resources | steppes |
| chaldlean king of Babylon5 from 605 to 562 BC he rebult into a beautiful city noted for its famed hanging garden | Nebuchadnezzar ll |
| a monotheism religion originating with the Israelite,tracing its origains to Abraham and having its spiritual and ethical principle embodied chiefly in the hebrew scripture and the tamud | Judaism |