Important Vocabulary
Supplying water to farmland is...
What is Irrigation
Name the two important Rivers in Mesopotamia.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates.
Who developed the first writing system?
What is the Sumerians.
What was the name of the Code of Laws.
What is Code of Hammurabi
Who founded the Persian Empire
Cyrus the Great
What is a city and the land it controls.
What was the Fertile Crescent?
What is a region of rich farmland in Southwest Asia.
Name at least ONE achievement of the Sumerian people.
What is Wheel, plow, math, or written records.
Where did Hammurabi rule?
Babylon
How many Persian Wars where there?
What is 2
What was the world first writing system called?
Cuneiform
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
What is "land between rivers".
Did the Sumerians believe in more than one God?
What is yes.
Which group is known for the use of iron weapons and chariots?
What is the Hitties.
Who conquered Egypt?
What is Cambyses II
What is Polytheism?
What is the belief in many Gods.
Silt was important in the farming process True or False
What did the Sumerians use Ziggurats for?
What is a place of worship.
What city was the famous library of clay tables located in?
What is Nineveh.
Who won the Persian Wars?
Why was the Royal Road so important?
What is The royal road made travel and communication easier.
Explain why irrigation was important.
What is Irrigation was important because it help supply weater to crops during times of drought and limited rainfall.
Did the Sumerians live in city-states with their own government? Yes or No
What is yes.
What made the Assyrians successful?
What is their powerful and organized army.
Who fought in the Persian wars?
What is The Persin Empire and Greek City-States.