Vocabulary
An agreement between nations to fight each other's enemies; a partnership
What is an alliance?
Which empire ruled ancient Mesopotamia first?
Who were the Akkadians?
Where is Mesopotamia located?
What is modern-day Iraq, the Fertile Crescent, etc?
This Babylonian King created 282 laws for citizens to abide by.
Who is King Hammurabi?
This Mesopotamian invention changed transportation forever.
What is the wheel?
The earliest form of writing, invented by the Sumerians.
This empire was known for its strong military conquests and iron weapons.
Who were the Assyrians?
What helped Sumerian agriculture thrive?
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and fertile soil?
This Persian king showed tolerance and mercy to his conquered subjects.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
To make up for a shortage of stones and timber for building houses and temples, the Sumerians created molds out of clay to create these.
What are bricks?
A group of different lands and people governed by one ruler
What is an empire?
These people were known for their shipbuilding and sea trade.
Who were the Phoenicians?
What geographic feature borders the Akkadian Empire to the west?
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Which ruler began the Akkadian Empire?
Who is Sargon the Great?
The Mesopotamians developed the concept of time based on this number.
What is 60?
The supply of water to fields using human-made systems.
What is irrigation?
A leader from this empire hired satraps (local governors) to help lead different provinces.
Who was the Persian Empire?
What geographic feature separates parts of the Akkadian Empire to the south?
What is the Syrian Desert?
This Chaldean King had the Hanging Gardens of Babylon built to add more beauty to Babylon.
Who is King Nebuchadnezzar?
Sumerian farmers used this to make farming and planting crops easier.
What is the plow?
A pyramid-shaped temple in Sumerian city-states
What is a ziggurat?
The last great empire of Ancient Mesopotamia, which contributed greatly to mathematics, literature, and science and ultimately was weakened because of its long war with Greece.
Who was the Persian Empire?
Why were the lands of Sumer and Akkad good places for city-states to develop?
What is because they resided in the Fertile Crescent, were by the rivers, had good soil, etc?
This Persian King built the 1,500-mile-long Royal Road to connect all of the provinces.
Who is Darius I?
A natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos.
What is Astronomy?