Vocabulary
People who study planets and stars.
Who are ASTRONOMERS?
In 2340 BC, Sargon formed this.
What is the FIRST EMPIRE?
This is the first empire formed by uniting Akkad and Sumer.
What is the SARGON EMPIRE?
He wrote a legal code to cover daily life.
The area where the first civilizations arose because of good farming conditions.
What is RIVER VALLEYS?
A pyramid shaped structure with a temple on top used for worship.
What is a ZIGGURAT?
The year the Assyrian Empire formed.
What is 900 B.C.?
What is the NEW BABYLONIAN EMPIRE?
Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this social class.
What is the MIDDLE CLASS or WORKING CLASS?
These technologies developed in Sumer:
a. Code of laws and iron
b. Sundial and the wheel
c. Cuneiform and the wheel
What is C. CUNEIFORM AND THE WHEEL?
A political district
What is a PROVINCE?
He formed the Babylon Empire in 1792 B.C.
Who is KING HAMMURABI?
This type of weapon contributed to the success of the Assyrian army to form the Assyrian Empire
What is IRON WEAPONS?
This is the first famous story ever written.
What is the EPIC OF GILGAMESH?
The belief in many gods
A group of traveling merchants
What is a CARAVAN?
The year the Chaldean Empire formed.
What is 627 B.C.?
He is the Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon.
Who is KING NEBUCHADNEZZER?
Site of the world's first library
What is NINEVEH?
This led to Babylon becoming a rich city
What are CARAVANS FROM THEIR TRADE ROUTES?
A Sumerian that learned how to write.
What is a SCRIBE?
The first civilizations formed in 3000 B.C. in an area known as
What is MESOPOTAMIA?
This empire formed after rebelling against the Assyrians.
What is the CHALDEAN EMPIRE?
A part of Babylon known as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world
What is the HANGING GARDENS?
These are the three social classes of Ancient Mesopotamia
What are the ARISTOCRACY, WORKING CLASS, SLAVES?