Sumer & Sargon
This feature of geography helped Sumerian farmers grow crops by providing rich, fertile soil.
Tigris & Euphrates River
This Persian leader was known for creating a large empire by allowing conquered people to keep their customs and religion.
Who was Cyrus the Great?
What was Hammurabi famous for creating?
A Written Code of Laws
This empire was known for its fierce warriors and advanced iron weapons.
Who were the Assyrians?
This body of water was the center of Phoenician trade and exploration.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This Sumerian invention allowed people to keep track of trade, laws, and history.
What is cuneiform writing?
This Persian ruler organized the empire into provinces called satrapies and appointed governors called satraps.
Who was Darius I?
This phrase summarizes the principle behind Hammurabi’s justice system, meaning the punishment matches the crime.
What is “an eye for an eye”?
The Assyrian Empire expanded around this major river valley, which allowed them to control key trade routes.
What is the Tigris River Valley?
This valuable purple dye, made from sea snails, made the Phoenicians wealthy.
What is Tyrian purple?
What sort of religion was practiced in Sumer?
Polytheism
What was Cyrus's secret to success?
Tolerance
In what area did Hammurabi rule?
Across Mesopotamia & other parts of the Fertile Crescent
The Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon and created the famous Hanging Gardens
Who was Nebuchadnezzar II?
This major invention of the Phoenicians made writing easier and influenced later alphabets, including Greek and Latin.
What is the Phoenician alphabet?
Sargon kept control of his vast empire by.....?
This major structure, expanded by Darius, improved communication and trade across the Persian Empire.
The Royal Road
Hammurabi’s Code helped strengthen his rule by doing what for Babylonian society.
Uniting the people
What are two major attributes that led to the Assyrians conquering all of Mesopotamia?
a strong agricultural economy & large professional army
he Phoenicians were known for building this type of advanced technology that helped them travel long distances for trade.
Ships/Boats
This accomplishment made Sargon famous and changed Mesopotamia’s political landscape.
What is creating the world’s first empire
This ruler earned this nickname because he treated conquered people fairly and freed the Jews from Babylonian captivity.
Cyrus the Great
What was Hammurabi's Code of Laws
A set of 282 laws that covered all aspects of Babylonian life
The Chaldeans fell to this rising group because they lacked strong long-term military power and could not defend Babylon.
Who were the Persians?
What disadvantage led to the Phoenicians being conquered by the new Babylonian Empire?
They had a weak army