Sumer
The independence between Sumerian city-states led to this problem.
Not being able to defend themselves against stronger groups.
The Akkadians used steles for this purpose.
Record important events.
This person was the King of Babylonia
Hammurabi
This was the empire's capital city.
Nineveh
Nebuchadnezzar built two walls, some towers, and a moat around his capital because of this.
To protect the city from attacks
This is the written language created by the Sumerians.
Cuneiform.
This is how the Akkadians gained control over Sumer.
Military strategy.
Hammurabi was most known for this.
His code of laws.
The Assyrians used movable towers, battering rams, and siege techniques to do this.
Conquer cities and expand the empire.
Nebuchadnezzar conquered the land of this group of people.
Israelites.
The most important Sumerian technilogical advancement was this.
The wheel
The Akkadians got resources to build up their capital city by collecting this.
Tribute from conquered peoples
Trade
This is how the Assyrians brought water to the city.
aqueducts.
Nebuchadnezzar's palace later became known as this.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
This is the progress of human society from the people in the Zagros mountain foothills to the empires we just studied.
Food shortages in the hills; Uncontrolled Water supply in the river valley; Building and maintaining complex irrigation systems; Attacks from neighboring cities; from large farming villages to large city-states
stable food supply; social structure; government; religion; arts; technology; writing;
Sumerian city-states fought over water and nevr united into one group, which led to attacks by stronger groups.
Akkadians conquered Sumer and made Sumerian cit-states a part of the empire that was led by a single leader.
From here, other empires such as the Babylonian, Assyrian, and Neo-Babylonian came into power.
This person became king of the Akkadian Emire.
Sargon.
This was one of the ways in which women and slaves were treated under Hammurabi's Code.
They were able to own their own property.
They were able to keep their own money.
The Assyrians did this to conquer Babylon.
Laid siege
The Babylonians were skilled in this.
Math and astronomy
The Sumerians were a civilization but not an empire. This was due to the lack of this feature in their civilization.
One government ruling over several groups.
This is the reason the Akkadian Empire fell to invaders from the north and east.
They were not able to rule such a large territory.
Unify his people.
Bas-relief
The Babylonians invented this.
The sundial.