Sumerians
This system was developed to keep the crops watered.
What was irrigation systems?
They built large stone palaces along this river.
What is the Tigris River?
This was another name for the Chaldean empire.
What is the Neo-Babylonian empire?
This empire was led by this King.
Who is King Sargon?
Was the king of Babylon and created his own code of laws.
Who is King Babylon?
People at the top of the ziggurats were there for this reason.
What is to be closer to the gods?
They used this type of weapons during this time period.
What are iron weapons?
He was the most recognized king of the neo-babylonian empire?
Who was King Nebuchadnezzar II?
King Sargon started this type of government, which involved the king being at the top of the government.
What is a monarchy?
This group was at the top of the Babylonian social structure.
Who are the kings and the priests?
Sumerians' used this economic system, which involved trading goods for goods.
What is the barter system?
This was the greatest city of the Assyrian Empire.
What is the city of Nineveh?
This was the name for the famous gardens of irrigation created during this empire.
What was the hanging gardens?
The Akkadians created this idea to help the economy. It involved taking money from the people.
What are taxes?
This group of people made up the lower class in Babylon
Who are the slaves?
This was the written language used during this time period.
What is cuneiform?
What are walls?
Neo means the same thing as this.
What is new?
King Sargon passed his power down to this family member.
What is his son?
Under King Hammurabi, there were this many laws.
What are 282 written laws?
They developed this concept that we use to tell important dates.
What is the calendar?
Tablets found here told the story of this current civilization of study.
What is Mesopotamia?
This was dry without rainfall.
What is the weather during this empire?
King Sargon invaded from this cardinal direction.
What is the north?
This group of people would be charged less harshly if they committed a crime under Hammurabi's code.
What are upper class people?