Mesopotamia

Vocabulary
  Fertile Crescent          silt                            irrigation
  canals                        surplus                      division of labor
  rural                           urban                        city-state
  empire                       polytheism                 monotheism
  monarch                    chariot                       cuneiform                    

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Study Guide

1. Who is Gilgamesh?
2. Why did the Phoenicians become traders? What is their most important achievement?
   
3. What made the Assyrians so successful at conquering Mesopotamia?
4. Why did Nebuchadnezzar build the Hanging Gardens? What else is he famous for?
5. What are the Lydians known for?
   

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