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Seminar World: The Fertile Crescent
Refer to Chapters 2 and 3 in your text. Explain the significance of each as it relates to history.
Sumerians
1. Fertile Crescent –
2. Mesopotamia –
3. city-state –
4. dynasty –
5. cultural diffusion –
6. polytheism –
7. Sargon –
8. Scribe –
9. Stylus –
10. Cuneiform –
11. Ziggurats –
12. Epic of Gilgamesh –
Babylonians
13. Hammurabi –
14. Code of Hammurabi –
15. Hanging Gardens Phoenicians
16. Tyrian Purple –
17. Colony –
18. Carriers of a Civilization –
19. Alphabet –
Hebrews
20. Canaan –
21. Torah –
22. Abraham –
23. Monotheism 24. Moses –
25. Hebrew Law –
26. Saul –
27. David –
28. Israel –
29. Judah –
30. Babylonian Captivity –
Assyrians
31. Tactics of Conquest –
32. Ashurbanipal –
33. Chaldeans –
Persians
34. Cyrus the Great –
35. Cambyses –
36. Darius –
37. Satrap –
38. Royal Road –
Short Answers
1. Why was religion so influential in Sumerian city-states?
2. What should Hammurabi be remembered more for, his military achievements or his cultural
achievements? Why?
3. Did the Assyrians cruelty help them or hinder them in ruling their empire? Explain.
4. Which Persian Emperor was more a more successful leader, Cyrus the Great or Darius I? Explain.
5. What is the significance of the start of monotheism for history?