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The first complex society
was developed in the southern Mesopotamian land of
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Sumer
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After 3000 BCE, all Sumerian cities were ruled by what form of government?
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Monarchy
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What individual believed that the gods had chosen him to "promote the welfare of the people.. [and] to cause justice to prevail in the land?
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Hammurabie
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Meospotamian metalworkers discovered that if they alloyed copper and tin they could produce
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Bronze
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In Mesopotamia, prisoners of war, convicted criminals, and heavily indebted individuals were the three main sources for
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Slaves
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Conditions for women in Mesopotamia
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Grew increasingly worse over time
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Enkidu was
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Giglamesh's friend
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Ethical monotheism (Ethical Monotheism is a term used to describe a belief in one God who guides humanity through ethical principle) was in the tradition of the
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Hebrews
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The first simplified alphabet, containing only twenty-two letters, was created by the
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Phoenicians
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The most influential anciest Indo-European migrants into southwest Asia were the
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Hittites
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