Geography
fertile soil
silt
created the first written laws
Hammurabi
The Mesopotamians created this to help them travel faster on water
sailboat
a religious temple
ziggurat
Who was in the lower class?
enslaved people
civilizations started in
river valleys
Sargon created the first
empire
calendar, time, astronomy, etc.
polytheism
belief in many gods
The Assyrians were defeated by the
Chaldeans
water could cause dangerous
floods
This group conquered many people with iron weapons
Assyrians
This invention led to the creation of carts and chariots
The wheel
a way to bring water to crops
irrigation
People who made things like pottery, cloth, jewelry, etc
artisans
mountains and deserts provided
protection
a record keeper
scribe
Name one mathematical achievement
360 degree circle, geometry, multiplication, division, etc.
A group of traveling merchants
Who conquered the Chaldeans
The Persians
Mesopotamia means
Land between the rivers
Restored Babylon and created the hanging gardens
Nebuchadnezzar
Ancient Sumerian writing
cuneiform
The capital of the Assyrian Empire
Nineveh
The calendar was based on
the cycles of the moon