The first king to write down his laws for his people to see.
Who is Hammurabi?
100
The first large army to use iron weapons
Who are the Assyrians?
200
To channel water to crops
What is irrigation?
200
Wedge- shaped marks on clay tablets.
What is cuneiform?
200
People who study the heavenly bodies.
Who is an astronomer?
200
A grand temple with a shrine at the top
What is ziggurat?
200
The Assyrians were taken over by this group.
Who is the Chaldeans?
300
Mesopotamia is between which two rivers?
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates?
300
A long, narrative poem.
What is a epic?
300
People in the lowest social class in Sumer
What is enslaved peoples (slaves)?
300
In time kings began to get their position of power through hereditary, but the first kings came to power through this method.
What is war? or War heros?
300
The center (capital city) of the Chaldean empire was at?
What is Babylon?
400
______ helps spread ideas around the world
What is trade?
400
Those taught the skills to become a scribe was
Who is boys, or elite (elite boys) ?
400
Artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group
What is the middle class?
400
A mathematical achievement of ancient Sumer that was used for building
What is geometry?
400
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
What is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
500
The oldest known story in the world, about a hero who travels around the world performing great deeds, was inspired by its location near the rivers of Mesopotamia.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
500
The first library was located in this Assyrian city.
What is Nineveh?
500
Members of the upper class.
Who is kings and priests?
500
The king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia , creating the world's first empire.
Who is Sargon?
500
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was created by this Chaldean king for his wife.