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Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent
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25 cards·by Kpasley
The name historians gave to the land that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is
Mesopotamia
In order to grow crops, Sumerian farmers depended on
canals they built to bring river water to their fields
The Sumerians believed their gods
protected people from troubles and dangers
The people who had most power in Sumerian society were
priests
The Sumerians initially developed their writing system to
keep business records
The world's first empire was established by
Sargon
Hammurabi's Code consists of
the laws the people of the Babylonian Empire had to follow
The ruler who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon was
Nebuchadnezzar
Darius based his laws on an earlier set of laws created by the
Babylonians
The two rulers who showed the most concern about justice for the people in their empires were
Cyrus and Hammurabi
The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia arose in the area of what present-day country?
Iraq
Why was the area along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers so good for farming?
The flooding rivers deposited silt on the land.
A city-state is
a city with nearby villages and farmland
An example of Sumerian' advance technology is
their use of plows
The first Sumerian writing system used what kind of symbols?
pictures
Which people established the world's first empire?
Akkadians
What ruler created a set of written laws to help him rule his empire?
Hammurabi
What is the region of rich soil that stretches between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
Sea called?
The Fertile Crescent
What was the main cultural achievement of the Assyrians?
a huge library
Why were there fewer revolts in the Persian Empire than in most of the region's earlier
empires?
The Persians allowed other peoples more freedoms
Why do historians know so much about the Sumerians?
They left written records of their daily life and history
How did food surpluses help make Sumer a civilization?
Enabled the population to grow and allowed people to specialize in other kinds of work
Which empire covered the largest amount of territory?
Persian
Which culture showed the greatest respect for the customs and rights of other peoples with its
empire?
Persian
The Chaldean treatment of the Hebrews can be compared to the actions of which group
Assyrian