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Name the three ways Sargon's empire acquired wealth:

trade, tribute, taxes

Created the wheel?

Sumerians

individual territory with its own government

city-state

How did the geographic location of Mesopotamia promote the growth of civilization?

The fertile soil of the Tigris & Euphrates rivers

Important contribution that Phoenicians made to future civilizations?

Developing an alphabet

What is the writing system called that uses wedge shaped marks & has 500 symbols

cuneiform

believing in more than one god

polytheism

Civilization that created the first library with over 200 books?

Assyrians

When a ruler, like Sargon, forces people to pay _______ as a sign of submission

tribute

Name a role women could play in society.

rulers & priestess, own businesses, run the home

What was the Phoenician economy based on?

trade

Name a characteristic of an early Mesopotamian city-state:

Own government/ Built walls around the city for protection/ Fought over land & resources

Hammurabi's belief:

"Eye for an eye & a tooth for a tooth"

A society dominated by men

patriarchy

What caused the fall of the Neo-Babylonian empire?

poor harvest & weak rulers & slow trade

official record keeper

Scribe

How did Sargon create the world's first empire, Akkad?

He conquered weak city states

Where was the Fertile Crescent located?

SW Asia, Mesopotamia, near the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers

Middle class in Mesopotamia:

merchants, farmers, fishers, artisans

Who created the code of over 200 laws?

Hammurabi

Put these in the correct order: irrigation, specialization, food surplus

irrigation, surplus, specialization,

A pyramid structure with temple on top

ziggurat

Having additional food

food surplus