Achievements
This invention allowed ancient people to record their daily lives, trade deals, resources, laws and stories
Cuneiform
Babylonian King who wrote a set of laws down
Hammurabi
The land between two rivers or the land between the rivers
What is the use of canals and ditches to move water for crops?
Irrigation
Old Stone Age
Paleolithic
This sumerian invention allowed for quicker and easier transportation of goods and people over land
The mythical king mentioned in an ancient Epic in Mesopotamia?
Gilgamesh
What two rivers flow through Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What is the name of the type of temples used by the Mesopotamians
Ziggurat
New Stone Age
Neolithic
The First Empire in World History
Akkad
The first true Emperor and leader of Akkad
Sargon
What did the flooding of the two rivers bring every year that was good for the plants?
Silt
What is this: A collection of cities and territories that speak a wide range of languages, and believe in a wide range of gods all ruled by a single ruler?
An Empire
This is the use of metal into tools and jewelery
Metallurgy
This Mesopotamian Empire was able to destroy Babylon, and conquered all of Mesopotamia and even parts of Phoenicia and Egypt
Assyria
This Neo-Babylonian King created the Hanging towers of Babylon after the first city of Babylon was destroyed by the Assyrians?
King Nebuchadnezzar II
What sea do the two rivers in Mesopotamia flow into?
The Persian Gulf
What is the name of the type of religions Mesopotamia believed in, where they believe in more than one god or goddess?
Polytheism
What factors caused a food surplus?
Agriculture + metal tools
What kind of law does Hammurabi's code deal with?
1) War
2) Family law and specific punishments
3) Trade
4) Religion only
Family law and punishments
This woman is considered the first female writer, located in Sumer
Enheduana
What mountain range to the east of Mesopotamia acts as a natural barrier?
The Zaggros mountains
This is a famous story/poem written in ancient cuneiform that
Epic of Gilgamesh
What is the division of groups of people into different groups based on their wealth, status or power in society?
Social Classes