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

tribute

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

cuneiform

Civilization that created the first library with over 200 books?

Assyrians

What was the Phoenician economy based on?

trade

Hammurabi's belief:

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

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

He conquered weak city states

Created the wheel?

Sumerians

individual territory with its own government

city-state

Where was the Fertile Crescent located?

SW Asia, Mesopotamia, near the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers

What caused the fall of the Neo-Babylonian empire?

poor harvest & weak rulers & slow trade

Middle class in Mesopotamia:

merchants, farmers, fishers, artisans

Name a role women could play in society.

rulers & priestess, own businesses, run the home

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

The fertile soil of the Tigris & Euphrates rivers

A pyramid structure with temple on top

ziggurat

Who created the code of over 200 laws?

Hammurabi

official record keeper

Scribe

Name the three ways Sargon's empire acquired wealth:

trade, tribute, taxes

Important contribution that Phoenicians made to future civilizations?

Developing an alphabet

A society dominated by men

patriarchy

Having additional food

food surplus

believing in more than one god

polytheism

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

irrigation, surplus, specialization,

Name a characteristic of an early Mesopotamian city-state:

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