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What are city walls?
An Assyrian queen from around 900 B.C. wore a model of a structure as a crown.
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What is irrigation to grow food?
Mesopotamia farmers built canals for a purpose.
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who were the hittites?
this civilization a thousand gods.
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What is glass blowing?
Crafters invented the art of heating and shaping glass.
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What was the city of Ur?
By 2000 B.C. this city lay in ruins. With its power gone several waves of invaders battled to gain control of Mesopotamia.
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What is the Mediterranean?
The western border of Phoenicia is a body of water.
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Who are the Sumerians?
This culture planted trees in a special ways to protect the crops from the wind.
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what is a hollow space above it and inclosed with a lid?
the sumerian view of the universe was that earth was thought of as a________________!
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What is purple?
Phoenician fabric was very popular with rich people because of its color.
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What are strong weapons made of iron? What is the chariot?
(Name one for the correct answer.)
The Hittites built a strong kingdom in Asia Minor with two key military advantages.
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What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Some archaeologists claim to have found traces of the Wonder of the World. Others do not believe they existed in the first place.
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What is a reaper?
A Sumerian person who harvested barley, along with a stacker.
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Who was An?
The Sumerian god of heaven and controlling storms.
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What is the alphabet?
Phoenician traders developed one of the world's first ways to write.
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What are collected taxes, enforced laws, and raised troops for the army? (Name one for the correct answer.)
Assyrian kings ruled their large empire through local leaders. Each governed a small area where they _________.
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What is the sea?
Phoenicia's overland trade routes were blocked by mountains and hostile neighbors, so they looked for another way to trade.
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who are phoenician men?
these people farm.
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Who is Eresh Kigal?
The Sumerian god of death and gloom is ______.
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What is dividing circle into 360 degrees?
What is dividing a year into 12 months (a factor of 60)? (Name one.)
The Sumerians developed a math system based on the number 60.
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Who were the Chaldeans?
This civilization in the Syrian Desert led other peoples in an attack on the Assyrians in 612 B.C. They destroyed Nineveh and the Assyrian Empire.
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Who were the Greeks?
This civilization wrote about the Hanging Gardens in Babylon.
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What is the fertile crescent?
this land is very good for farming.
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What is Father of the Gods and King of Heaven and Earth?
Enlil was the Sumerian storm god known as _____ and _____.
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What is a stone stele (STEE lee) a column on which the laws are carved?
The code of Hammurabi is best known because it is best preserved.
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What is a system of message-relay stations?
Assyrian rules kept in touch with their large empires.
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