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100
What are ziggurats?
Pyramid shaped structures built by the Sumerians.
100
What is cuneiform?
A form of writing developed by the Sumerians.
100
Why did the Hittites wash and dress their gods and goddess?
The Hittites had temples with statues of their gods and goddess. They honored their gods and goddesses each day by performing a special ceremony.
100
What is Carthage?
This city on the northern coast of Africa was created by the Phoenicians as a colony.
100
What is carving big heads into rock walls and cliffs over springs?
The Hittites developed their own style of art.
200
What are mice?
The Babylonians enjoyed eating this food.
200
What is heart?
In the Hittite language kard means ____.
200
What is stony ground, wild life and birth?
The Sumerian earth goddess and the great mother goddess was called "The exalted lady" was goddess of ____, ____ and ____.
200
What was cedar?
Phoenicia had a few resources. But they had one very important resource.
200
Who were the Phoenicians?
This culture made decorated metal bowls.
300
Who were the Hittites?
This civilization had straight black hair and lighter skin.They wore colorful clothing of linen and wool.
300
What is three?
In the Hittite language tri means____.
300
What is being ferried across a river by a boat man on their way to the other world?
The Sumerians believed, as did many others, that the dead would be ____.
300
What are shell fish?
Phoenicians made purple dye from this animal.
300
What does Assyrian art show?
We know Assyrians showed little mercy to the people they conquered.
400
How did the city-states gain more farmland?
City-states in Sumer fought each other for a purpose.
400
What is foot?
In the Hittite language pata means ____.
400
Who was Artemis?
The Artemisium in modern day turkey was built to honor this goddess of wilderness and the hunt.
400
What are Egypt, Greece, Italy, Sicily, and Spain?
Fleets of fast Phoenician trading ships sailed to ports all around the Mediterranean Sea. Traders traveled to ____, ____, _____, _____, and _____.
400
What are lapis lazuli, carnelian, and topaz?
Sumerian jewelry was made out of silver and gold and contained semi-precious stones such as _____, _____, and ______.
500
What is Kish?
By 3500 b.c. one city-state became quite powerful.
500
What is cloak?
In the Hittite language seknu means ____.
500
Who was An?
Sumerian god of heaven was ____.
500
What are silverwork, ivory carving, and slaves?
Phoenicians traded many items including _____, ______, and _____.
500
What is copper work?
The excavation of royal tombs at Ur has uncovered detailed ______.






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