Human-made waterways

By uniting and fighting on land and sea, Athens and Sparta defeat the _____ in the Persian Wars.

Cyrus the Great used his well-organized _____ to help conquer neighboring peoples in Southwest Asia.

Sumerians used _____ to sign documents and decorate objects.

The city of Babylon's greatest monarch

A Uruk king who became a legend in Sumerian literature

More of something than is needed

A division of society by rank or class

A unit of soldiers mounted on horses

A wheeled, horse-drawn cart

A mix of rich soil and small rocks

A series of wars between Persia and Greece beginning in 490 BC

Long poems that tell the stories of heroes

A ruler of a kingdom or empire

The _____ were important in history because they were among the first people to use iron to make weapons and tools.

Mesopotamia was ideal for farming because it was located between two _____.

Hammurabi's Code was important because it was _____ and citizens knew what to expect if they broke any law.

Sumerians believed their _____ were responsible for natural events.

Land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler

Persian emperor who organized and expanded the empire

The earliest known written collection of laws

People who performed religious ceremonies

The worship of many gods

Political unit consisting of a city and the surrounding countryside

An arrangement in which people specialize in specific tasks

Founder of the Persian Empire

Writer and record keeper

Persian emperor who led the second invasion of Greece in 480 BC

Phoenicia lacked good _____ and came to depend on trade to expand its economy.

Phoenicians were the first sailors to use the _____ to make sure they were going in the correct direction

To keep track of public records and business transactions, _____ were employed to use cuneiform.

Sumerians used _____ tools made from copper and tin to help construct their cities.

The development of ______ allowed officials in Sumer to keep records of taxes collected.

The Persian Empire's _______ flourished as a result of Darius's use of a standardized currency and new road construction.

A large arc of rich farmland extending from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea

A pyramid shaped temple tower

Picture symbols

Akkadian emperor who defeated Sumer and built the world's first empire

Having to do with the countryside

A way of supplying water to an area of land

The Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon