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Study Guide - Mesopotamia and Fertile Crescent
Know the definitions of the following vocabulary
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Surplus
Cuneiform
Scribe
City-state (urban and rural)
Silt
Social hierarchy
Polytheism
Empire
Ziggurat
Priest
Chariot
Monarch
Study the different civilizations and what makes each unique from the other. Who
were their leaders? What did they create? What were their beliefs? What was
unique with their geography? How did their empire end?
Sumerians
Akkadians
Babylonians
Assyrians
Chaldeans (Neo-Babylonians)
Phoenicians
Review the key concepts
Why was the land between two rivers a good place to settle and start to farm?
What purpose did irrigation canals serve?
What is the Fertile Crescent?
How were men and women treated differently in Sumer?
What was the social hierarchy in Sumer?
Who was Sargon? Gilgamesh? Hammurabi? Nebuchadnezzar?
Short response
Why could Mesopotamia be called the Cradle of Civilization?