Vocabulary
This word means "land between the rivers"
Mesopotamia
The name of the first people to settle in Mesopotamia (before empires united them).
Sumerians
The first empire to unite Mesopotamia was which one?
Akkadians
Sumerian temples built in the middle of the city
ziggurat
What are two ways in which Sumerian schools were different than schools of today?
Answers will vary
No girls allowed, only the wealthy allowed, no science taught, harsh discipline, long days( sun up to sundown), went year round, etc.
This is an independent city surrounded by farming villages
city-state
Man who wrote down Babylonian laws into a Code
Hammurabi
Very cruel conquerors who ruled with terror, had the largest army and ruled for the longest period of time.
Assyrians
What continent is Mesopotamia located on?
Asia
City-states had several characteristics that were needed in order for them to thrive, name 4 things every city-state would have.
Ziggurat, walls, farmland, river, poor/rich houses, school, etc.
The term for controlling floods and distributing water to lands when there is no rain? Examples include dams, canals, and levees
Irrigation
A person that writes down things for a living is known as what job?
Scribe
This group of people ruled two different times, giving the world such inventions like the sundial, 60 minute hour, and the 7 day week.
Babylonians (New Babylonians)
What are the name of the two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia, helping give its name?
Euphrates and Tigris
polytheism
The law that was based on the saying an "Eye for an Eye" was known as what?
Code of Hammurabi
This king had a policy of toleration when he ruled which was a first of its kind.
Cyrus the great
This empire had the largest empire that stretched for over 2500 miles in length and created a policy of toleration under the great king.
Persians
This is the Sumerian form of writing
cuneiform
The Sumerians invented some of these things (at least two)
Wheel, cuneiform writing, irrigation, plow
Sumerians built these as gifts to their gods, so that when they went out each day the gods would still be worshipped.
Votive Statues
This man was the king of the first empire that united all of Mesopotamia for the first time
Sargon
What are the 5 empires of the Fertile Crescent?
Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, New Babylonians, and Persians
What are the 5 traits of a civilization?
Complex institution, improved technology, specialized workers, record keeping, and cities/settlements
When one person has all the control and makes rules for their people, but the rules do not apply to them is known as what?
Absolute power/unlimited government