1. Later Peoples of the Fertile Crescent Pages 72 – 77 Questions 1-4
Chapter 3 Section 4
Later Peoples of the Fertile Crescent
Pages 72 – 77 Questions 1-4

2. 1. Where was Babylon located?
The city was located on the Euphrates River near what is today Baghdad, Iraq.

3. 2. What does Hammurabi’s Code reveal about Babylonian society?
It was based on social hierarchy and showed the importance of class distinctions. It also reveals the significance of business, trade, and family in the Babylonian Empire.

4. 3. What two advantages did Hittite soldiers have over their opponents?
They mastered iron working and they used chariots.

5. 4. Which empire discussed in this section do you feel contributed most to modern-day society and why?
Varied answers: Phoenicians (Alphabet) Babylons (Hammurabis code-first set of written laws) Hittites (Iron working)

6. 5. What trade goods were the Phoenicians know for?
Cedar trees (Lumber), Silverwork, Ivory carvings, purple dye (indigo) and slaves.

7. 6. How did the Phoenicians grow wealthy?
TRADE

8. Fertile Crescent Empires
Phoenicians
Alphabet
Hittites
Iron working
Babylons
Written Law
Fertile Crescent Empires
Assyrians
Taxes
Chaldeans
Created the Calendar