Sumer
The First Emperors
Early Mesopotamian Culture
The Later Mesopotamian Empires
Early writing and its effects
100
The first of these were created when early Sumerian cities took charge of the surrounding agricultural land
What are city-states
100
Sargon made his empire wealthy though this method commonly used by governments
What is taxation
100
The accumulation of wealth lead to the development of this social concept in Mesopotamia
What are social classes
100
Assyrian generals were strong because they were picked with these criteria instead of noble birth
What is merit skill and or bravery
100
The first writings used these to represent trade items involved in taxation
What are pictures
200
By refusing to give back their poison during time of war people establish these kinds of governments in Sumer
What is a Monarchy
200
This is where Emperor Sargon put his capital
What is Akkad
200
Starting around 1500B.C.E married women in Mesopotamia were forced to this to keep them off other men
What is wearing veils
200
With these weapons borrowed from the Hittites the Assyrian unnerved their opponents and built their empire
What are chariots
200
This important piece of ancient literature was about friendship, gods, and the meaning of life and death
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh
300
What innovation allowed the Sumerians to build the first cities
What is irrigation
300
Hammurabi is most known for instituting the first one of these to keep order
What is a code of law
300
The strengh of males in early Mesopotamia was so strong that males were allowed to do this do their wives and kids
What is selling someone to pay for a debt
300
This majestic plant based world wonder symbolizes the Chaldean Empire's power
What are the Hanging Gardens
300
Early writings were baked into this substance instead of paper
What is clay
400
This city in Sumer is known for its ties to Gilgamesh and a massive ziggurat to Inanna
Uruk
400
Hammurabi moved the empire's capital here in order to improve the bureaucratic nation
What is Babylon
400
For pleasing the gods priests were allowed to live in these lavish groups
What are temple communities
400
He was the emperor of Babylon from 600-550BCE
Who is Nebuchadnezzar
400
Another name for this is Wedge Shaped Writing
What is Cuneiform Writing
500
This family of people consisted of the majority of Sumer’s early immigrants
What are The Semitic Peoples
500
"King of the four quarters of the world"
Who is Hammurabi
500
Like many rulers at this time this ruler of Uruk was often seen as at least partially divine
Who is Gilgamesh
500
Another name for it is the Chaldean Empire
What is the New Babylonian Empire
500
With writing came literacy with lead to a noticeable department in these two old fields of study in Mesopotamia
What are Astronomy and Mathematics
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