geography
The word Mesopotamia means land between the first the Mesopotamian didn’t call themselves that then who created it
Historians
What is the worship of many gods?
Polytheism
Triangle shapes symbols,
cuneiform
A type of government where a single king or queen rules, the civil
Monarchy
The city of decade was earlier, founded or restored by a king named
Sargon
what does land between the river stand for?
Mesopotamia
What is a pyramid shaped temple tower?
Ziggurats
What was the set of letters that can be combined to from words?
The alphabet
Potential unit within a city and the surrounding area what is that called?
City state
The Persian empire includes Egypt and the Indus Valley and part of Europe during the rule of
Darius the first
What is the fertile crescent?
A large region of rich farmland near the tigers and Euphrates river and between the Persian golf and Mediterranean Sea
One of the oldest stories in old history that survives today with the earliest copy in about 2000 BC
Epic of Gilgamesh
What was a numerical system where 60 seconds equal one minute and 60 minutes equal one hour
Base 60 number system
Territories and groups of people from different lands under single rule
Empire
Concord, the city of Asia, minor Mesopotamia, the entire federal question and much of central Asia to create the largest empire in history
Cyris the great
What is a civilization?
A society, culture, and way of life in a particular region
Did everyone believe in Polytheism
No not every one but most
What civilization created the chariot?
assyrians
famous for collection of 282 written the government of Babylonian society what is that called?
Hammurabi’s Code
What king created the hanging Gardens of Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar the second
What is the method of supplying water to an area of land or crops
irrigation
what were two major gods
An Ea Suen Ashur ect
One of the seven wonders of the world was supposedly built by never never the second what was that called?
Hanging garden of Babylon
Who were originally in charge of individual cities and made decision based on signs from the gods
Priests
Bonus question
What is a mixture of small rocks and soil?
Silt