History Test #2

City states were a center for politics, culture, and economy

City states are independent from their surrounding states

Hammurabi's code was actually a list of laws

Cuneiform was used in which early civilizations ...

Monotheism

Famine means you have a large amount of food, enough to feed everyone

Cuneiform is a system of writing that uses symbols

Polytheism is

The rivers around Mesopotamia were called

Sumerian cities acted independent city-states of one another (gods, government, army, ruler)

Empires typically have one ruler or central leader- the emperor.

Mesopotamia means

For example, if you slappe your father they would cut off your hands

Mesopotamia was located in an area called the fertile crescent

A City States are part of the country

Hammurabi's code applied to

A Prophet had a very insignificant role in society.

A Prophet was able to ...

Hammurabis code had strict penaltie for those who broke it

The assyrians did not use guns but they used

Famines can be caused by

An empire is a collection of many ______ under one ruler.

The assyrians invented the battering ram

He believed the punishment