Empires
The first empire in Mesopotmia.
What is Akkad?
To bring water to dry land.
What is irrigation?
A tube like rock used to make the owners mark in clay.
What is a cylinder seal?
He created the Hanging Gardens for his homesick wife.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II?
The two major rivers found in Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
The first emperor.
Who is Sargon?
The first writing.
What is cuneiform?
A system of social divisions with the wealthy and powerful on top and poor on the bottom.
What is a social class pyramid? (social class system)
He was a babylonian ruler known for his code of laws.
Who was Hammurabi?
This word means "the land between the rivers" .
What is "Mesopotamia"?
The empires of Mesopotamia listed in order after Sumer.
What are Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria?
A large stone slab used to record information.
What is a stele?
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
A person who writes and keeps records for the king.
What is a scribe?
One of the Seven Wonders of the World found in ancient Mesopotamia.
What were the Hanging Gardens?
Wheel, writing, plow, irrigation, calendar
Having a skill in one type of job.
What is specialization?
An important God to the Babylonians.
Who was Marduk?
The "nickname" for Mesopotamia describing its shape and farmland.
What is the "Fertile Crescent"?
What is a city-state?
Which is larger- an empire or a city-state?
Empire
The first "superhero" .
Who was Gilgamesh?
The natural disaster that the Epic of Gilgamesh talks about.
What is a flood?
Gifts paid to a ruler.
What is tribute?
What is currency?