What was the first step on the road to civilization?
Name one trait of a civilization
What is a community that includes the farmland around it called?
Who were the first rulers in Sumer?
What was a Ziggurat?
Was Sumer polytheistic or Monotheistic?
Name two Sumerian inventions
What was the style of writing called?
What were the social classes in Sumer?
What number was the Sumerian number system based upon?
What is an empire?
Who was the first emperor?
What region did he conquer?
What is the difference between a king and emperor?
What is one positive aspect about an empire?
What empire did Hammurabi rule?
What is hammurabi most famous for?
What does justice mean?
How many laws did he write?
Why were the laws placed on pillars?
What is Assyria known for?
Name one military invention by the Assyrians
How did they treat captured people?
What is tribute?
Why did Assyria fall?
farming
cities,workers,institutions,records,technology
city-state
priests
a temple
Polytheistic
wheel, plow
cuneiform
slaves, artisans,kings
60
many peoples/cultures together
Sargon
Fertile Crescent
emperor rules over more people/territory
brings peace and trade to the area
Babylon
code of law
fair treatment of people
282
so everyone can see
powerful army
iron swords, spears,chariots
cruelly
payment or tax
rivals formed an alliance and defeated them
