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created a government system that broke the country up into provinces, governed by a satrap
persians
sumerians developed this
cuneiform
King Hammurabi was a king if the babylonians. He is famous for his development of this
code of laws
they ruled the world with their trade network, and everybody learned their alphabet
phoenicians
Zoroastrianism is seen as important today because historians identify the fact that it was this
monotheistic
Alexander the great known for
conquering the world and Hellenistic culture
Neolithic Revolution
development of farming
developed weapons and tools
hitties
Neolithic Revolution brought about this
greater interdependance
became official religion of roman empire and became part if European culture
christianity
Why the nile river is so valuable
fertile soil
Located in Turkey
Anotolian Plateau
Not a single permanent river
Arabian peninsula
connects red sea to meditterranean
suez canal
leads into persian gulf
strait of hormuz
Rub-Al-Khali is know as the
empty quarter
largest number live between atlas mts and med. sea
people in Maghreb
Has altas mts and sahara desert
maghreb
Largest country on the Arabian Peninsula
saudi arabia
have to take your both through the Bosporus to get there
black sea
located in Iran
iranian plataue
name for the land between the tigrus and euphrates river
mesopotamia
Largest empire in the world. Eventually split into eastern and
western halves
Romans
