SS7 Ch 3

What advancement did the Hittites develop?

an arrangement in which people specialize in specific tasks

Akkadian emperor who defeated Sumer and built the world’s first empire

a mix of rich soil and small rocks

A set of letters that can be combined together to form words is known as an _____ was developed by the Phoenician trader

Why was the development of writing important to the government officials in Sumer?

Why was religion so important to the Sumerians?

How did the Phoenicians improve naval navigation?

Phoenicians could successfully _______ their ships to many ports on the Mediterranean Sea.

How did the use of irrigation affect life for the Mesopotamians?

having to do with the countryside

a unit of soldiers mounted on horses

an organized group of people (society) that live in an area and work to improve their way of life

world’s first system of writing

large arc of rich farmland extending from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea

Why was it important that Hammurabi’s Code was written down?

having to do with the city

Persian emperor who led the second invasion of Greece in 480 BC

the earliest known written collection of laws, comprising 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life

wheeled, horse-drawn battle cart

Persian emperor who organized and expanded the empire

land with different territories and peoples under a single rule

Why was Sargon important in history?

Why was Cyrus the Great so successful in conquering different peoples in Southwest Asia?

Uruk king who became a legend in Sumerian literature

Which of the following advancements allowed the Sumerians to construct larger cities?

picture symbols

a pyramid-shaped temple tower

Why was Mesopotamia ideal for farming?

the worship of many gods

a series of wars between Persia and Greece beginning in 490 BC

the science of building

Why was Phoenicia’s location ideal for trade?

The Phoenicians had a large _________ of ships to trade goods all along the Mediterranean Sea.

a way of supplying water to an area of land

a division of society by rank or class

a political unit consisting of a city and the surrounding countryside

ruler of a kingdom or empire

Which of the following was a result of Darius’s use of a standardized currency and new road construction?

more of something than is needed

people who performed religious ceremonies

Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon

founder of the Persian Empire

writer and record keeper

How did Athens and Sparta defeat the Persian Empire in the Persian Wars?

long poems that tell the stories of heroes

Babylon’s greatest monarch