two military advances the Assyrian empire had
a self governing city that has its own ruler, laws, and walls is known as a
art of steering a ship from place to place
phoenicia had lots of _____ or small territories ruled by a larger state
to better govern and rule the persian empire, darius created
Mesopotamia is a great river valley formed by the Tigris and ____ River
why did writing start
group of professional soldiers
these people were at the top of the Sumerian social class pyramid
payment or gift to a stronger powr
to trade by exchanging goods
sumerian writing system using clay, symbols, and stylus
state containing several countries or territories
to supply water to crops and land
phoenician alphabet was based on symbols, vowels, or sounds
why did so many civilizations start in the fertile crescent
belief in many gods
spread of phoenician alphabet to greece and rome is an example of
these two inventions helped Sumerians grow crops
people believed this group could communicate with the gods
temple
Phoenicia did not have its own supply of ivory so it traded for ivory with other people. ivory is a(n)
Darius made coins with his face on them - this is an example of
Leader of the first empire
first king of Persia
