Geography
Mesopotamia means...
Between two rivers
The first emperor
Sargon
Large stone pillar with laws or history carved onto it
Stele
Assyrians used battering rams and siege towers to...
Conquer cities
This is what makes a civilization an empire
Sumerians used this to keep rivers from flooding their farmland
Irrigation systems
Famous for his written code of laws
Hammurabi
Babylonia legal system is considered more advanced because it included rights and protections for this group
Women
Defensive water feature surrounded cities to protect them from invading armies
Moats
A city with its own government, laws, and culture
The capital of the Assyrian Empire
Nineveh
Sargon was ruler of this empire
Akkad
Hammurabi said this god gave him the laws for his code
Shamash
Weapons made from this metal revolutionized warfare
Iron
This term describes how a civilization organizes its people into classes
Social structure
These two rivers defined Mesopotamian geography
Tigris and Euphrates
Hammurabi was emperor of this empire
Babylonia
The punishment for a builder who builds a house that collapses.
Death
This civilization lacked centralized leadership and was unable to defend itself from military invasions
Sumer
The Akkadians collected resources from those they conquered. This payment is called a...
Tribute
Mesopotamia is also known as the _____ Crescent
Fertile
Legendary King who became a mythical figure
Gilgamesh
What phrase from Hammurabi's code basically means the punishment should fit the crime
An eye for an eye
This civilization pioneered the use of iron weapons and chariots
The Hittites
All the empires of Mesopotamia experienced this difficulty
Governing a large geographical space