Geography
The land between the rivers also known as the?
Fertile Cresent
Mesopotamia's first civilization?
Sumer
The most important building within a city-state, a huge pyramid-shaped temple was called?
Ziggurat
People of the north who developed a different culture known as?
The Assyrians
A belief in many Gods is called?
Polytheism
What two rivers are part of ancient Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Sumerian's social class included which group was on the top?
Kings
What Mesopotamian technology made an impact on agriculture and on land and sea travel?
Ox-Drawn plow
A Persian King who ruled around 550BC
Cyrus the Great
People who are skilled at making things by hand are called?
Artisans
Mesopotamia's current location is today's?
Country of Iraq.
Sumerian Writing was called what?
Cuneiform
This tool started the foundations of mathematics and science.
Abacus
This ruler built a new capital called Persolis for his empire.
Darius
Which groups were powerful leaders in the Sumerian society?
Priests
Watering fields using human-made systems are called?
Irrigation
A Mesopotamian ruler who has inspired stories for nearly 4500 years.
Sargon the Great
During what age did tools become more effective?
Bronze Age
The most famous Chaldeans King
Nebuchadnezzar II
The world's oldest recorded story is called?
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Which mountains are north and east of the Euphrates River?
Zagros Mountains
The 6th king of Babylon was the most influential and powerful ruler.
Hammurabi
Hammurabi highlighted the importance of law, this was known as?
Hammurabi Code of Laws.
Which empire lasted 150 years in which Sargon ruled for 56 of them?
Akkadian Empire
Hammurabi spent the first 29 years of his rule working on what type of improvements.
Domestic