Fertile Crescent Civilizations Test Flashcards
Capital was Babylon
Amorite/Babylonians
Capital was Damascus
Arameans
City established by Nimrod
Babylonians
Code of Hammurabi
Amorites/Babylonians
Considered greatest traders of the ancient world
Phoenicians
Considered the world’s first civilization
Sumerians
Created the first library
Assyrians
Credited with the birth of astrology
Babylonians
“Crossroads of Civilization”
Arameans
Developed a numbering system based on 60
Sumerians
Developed first known form of writing
Sumerians
Developed the process of smelting iron ore
Phoenicians
Descendants of Shem
Arameans
Epic of Gilgamesh is an example of their literature
Amorites/Babylonians
First Babylonian Empire
Amorites
First civilization (after the flood)
Sumerians
First empire whose capital was Akkad
Akkadians
First recorded treaty was between this culture and Egypt
Hittites
First standing army
Assyrians
Kingdom that covered all of Mesopotamia
Amorites/Babylonians
Loved north of the Black Sea and then moved into Anatolia
Hittites
Mail service
Assyrians
Merchants by land
Arameans
Originators of the alphabet
Phoenicians
Purple people
Phoenicians
Shipbuilders
Phoenicians
Used the wheel
Sumerians
Wood was a valuable natural resource
Phoenicians
Which civilization built a system of roads?
Assyrians
Which civilizations developed a written language?
Sumerians and Phoenicians
Which civilizations worked with iron?
Hittites and Assyrians
Ancient name for Asia Minor
Anatolia
Belief that the positions and movements of the stars and planets can affect or predict life on earth
Astrology
High level of cultural and technological development, especially when systems of writing and record-keeping have been created
Civilization
Pay back an equal amount for an injury or loss
Compensate
Payment that conquered people pay to the conquerors
Tribute
Pictures that stand for words
Pictographs
Process of extracting metal from ore
Smelting
Study of the universe, including the movement of the stars and planets
Astronomy
Wedge-shaped stone in an arch that causes the arch to lock together
Keystone