Geography
Mesopatamia is located between these 2 important rivers
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
The name of this Ancient civilization means land between the 2 rivers.
What is Mesopatamia?
This is considered the world's first form of writing.
What is Cuneiform?
He conquered Sumer and other lands in Mesopatamia to create the world's first empire, known as the Akkadian Empire.
Who is Sargon the Great?
Known as the belief in many gods/goddesses?
What is Polytheism?
The city states known as Akkad and Sumer were located along these 2 rivers.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates River?
An advanced self governing city that also included surrounding lands and settlements.
What is a city-state?
This invention may be considered the best invention of all time. It is now used for machinery and transportation.
What is the wheel?
Known as Babylon's most powerful ruler, this King created The Code of Laws that consisted of 282 laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
90% of Mesopatamia's population consisted of this social class.
What are farmers and slaves?
According to the map, the geographic feature that borders the Akkadian Empire to the West.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Known as the most important building within a city state. It was huge and shaped like a pyramid.
What is a Ziggurat?
This invention made it easier to cultivate large areas of land
What is an ox drawn plow?
Whether fictional or not, this half man/ half god king, along with his hairy beast friend, Enkindu traveled throughout Mesopatamia doing heroic deeds.
Who is Gilgamesh?
10% of Mesopatamia's population consisted of this social class.
What are nobles and priests?
According to the map, the geographic feature separates parts of the Akkadian Empire to the South.
What is the Syrian Desert?
A group of different lands and people governed by one ruler.
What is an empire?
This counting invention laid the foundations for mathematics and sciences.
What is the abacus?
This Persian King improved Persian life by building a system of roads.
Who is Darius I?
Sumerians went to ziggurats for this purpose.
What is to visit religious shrines?
The region that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Sumerian society was organized by this. It was based on power and wealth.
What is social class?
This Chaldean King built the Hanging Gardens to make the city beautiful.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II?