Mesopotamia: Geography & Empires
Mesopotamia means "land between" these two rivers
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This Neo-Babylonian king rebuilt the city of Babylon and constructed the Hanging Gardens.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
These are the tallest mountains in the world, lying to the north of India
What are the Himalayas?
Archaeologists found these underground systems in Harappan houses, suggesting advanced urban planning
What are sewer systems/indoor plumbing?
This Mesopotamian city is where Avraham's family originated before Hashem commanded him to journey to Canaan
What is Ur (Ur Kasdim)?
This ruler united all of Mesopotamia and issued the first comprehensive written law code.
Who is Hammurabi?
This is the earliest known work of literature, following a king of Uruk who searches for eternal life.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
The Indus River Valley civilization developed along this river.
What is the Indus River?
This type of building has NOT been discovered in Harappan cities
What is a palace (for royalty)?
Avraham brought this style belief systems into the word
Monotheism
This group invented the wheel, the sail, and the plow, and built ziggurats.
Who are the Sumerians?
Based on Gilgamesh's encounter with the gods, this word best describes the Mesopotamian outlook on death and the afterlife.
What is gloomy/pessimistic?
This seasonal wind system brings the rain Indian farmers have depended on for thousands of years.
What are the monsoons?
Indus cities were laid out in a ___?
What is a grid pattern?
This is the only one of the Ten Commandments that comes with a promise attached — long life in the land — for those who observe it.
What is honoring your father and mother (the 5th commandment)?
This empire was the first to outfit its entire army with iron weapons and terrorized the region with battering rams
Who are the Assyrians?
This wedge-shaped writing system was developed by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
his term describes India's landmass, cut off from the rest of Asia by mountains.
What is a subcontinent?
This written language, found on Harappan artifacts with at least 400 symbols, has never been deciphered by linguists
What is the Indus script?
Tradition holds the Ten Commandments were inscribed on two tablets (luchos); this is the category of commandments found on the first tablet
What are mitzvos between man and Hashem (bein adam laMakom)?
This group brought iron metallurgy and chariots to Mesopotamia and ended Babylonian rule.
Who are the Hittites?
This group developed a 22-letter alphabet that spread across the ancient world.
Who are the Phoenicians?
This mountain chain lies to the northwest of India and, acted as a (smaller) natural barrier to invasion
What is the Hindu Kush?
These are the two major, well-planned cities of the Indus Valley civilization.
What are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
Name all Ten Commandments