2. Geography of the Fertile Crescent

7. The Rise of Sumer

9. He was a very capable military leader and used a permanent army to defeat all the city-states of Sumer.

10. It brought important goods like copper and lumber to Sumer and led to greater wealth.

12. Sumerian Achievements

13. For keeping business records

14. Transportation Agriculture Art Trade Science Medicine Military

15. Show historical events or worship rituals Give historians glimpse of artistic talent and what was valued in the culture

17. Later Peoples of the Fertile Crescent

18. His code of laws

19. Babylonians Hittites Kassites Assyrians Chaldeans

20. Expert sailors with fast ships Built outstanding harbors and vast trade network Developed an alphabet