Mesopotamia + Phoenicia

a pyramid-shaped structure that

formed part of a Sumerian temple

• Ziggurat

• Cuneiform

The Assyrians created the first

• Abacus

• Library

the belief in more than one god.

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

This king wrote the first law code in history.

• King Gilgamesh

• King Hammurabi

The Sumerians invented the first

• Library

• Wheel

This form of government is where leaders give power to their children when they die.

• Dynasty

• City-State

The two main rivers in Mesopotamia.

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Huang He and Yangtze Rivers

This Mesopotamian king created the first empire in history.

• King Ashurbanipal

• King Sargon

system of writing using symbols

invented by the Sumerians

• Cuneiform

• The Alphabet

a set of letters or symbols used to represent the basic sounds of a language. Basis of English!

• Cuneiform

• Phoenician Alphabet