Sumer
Babylon
Assyria
Neo-Babylonia and Persia
Phoenicia
100
What 2 things made Sumer the perfect location to begin an empire?
What is the Fertile Soil and the constant fighting between city-states
100
Who was the famous ruler of the Babylonian Empire
Who is Hammurabi
100
What 2 inventions did the Assyrians create that revolutionized the military?
What is the calvary and iron weapons
100
Who were the 2 famous rulers of the Persian Empire and please list them in order.
Who are Cyrus and Darius
100
What was Phoenicia's legacy?
What is their alphabet
200
What was the name of the Sumerian religion and who was in charge of its gods?
What is polytheism and the priests
200
What was Hammurabi's legacy and what was its nickname?
What is Hammurabi's Code- nicknamed and Eye for an Eye
200
Who was the famous ruler over the Assyrian Empire?
Who is Ashurbanipal
200
What was the name of Neo-Babylon's famous ruler and what did he create?
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
200
How many letters did the Phoenician alphabet include and what type of letters were they?
What is 22- all consonants
300
What was the name of the writing system the Sumerians developed and what did they record?
What is cuneiform and documented their surplus, tracked weather and flooding patterns, recorded history and major events.
300
Who did Babylon conquer in order to begin their empire?
Who is Sumer
300
Describe the location of the Assyrian Empire
Where is from the Persian Gulf, across Mesopotamia, up to Asia Minor, and down to Egypt
300
What was the name of the Persian monotheistic religion that believed that where the universe is in a state of struggle with good and evil
What is Zorastrianism
300
Who did the Phoenicians develop from?
Who are the Canaanites
400
Which of the following advancements was NOT created by the Sumerians? -wheel, sails, cuneiform, vowels, seed sifting plow
What is vowels
400
List 2 or more ways Hammurabi kept his empire under his control.
What is 1. sending out his own governors, tax collectors, and judges to rule distant cities 2. Spreading his troops over the empire 3. uniting his empire under one legal code
400
What did Ashurbanipal create in order to make his large empire easier to control?
What is 70 provinces
400
What was the change that Darius enforced to show loyalty and create a means to pay for the new roads, postal stations, and messengers that were added to the empire.
What is tribute
400
The Phoenicians were known to be excellent traders. What were some of their imports and exports?
Imports-raw materials such as gold, silver, tin, copper, iron, ivory, and precious stones. Exports-manufactured items such as jewelry, bronze and silver bowls, also pine and cedar logs, wine, olive oil, salt, and fish
500
What was the name of the first epic poem written in cuneiform about a tyrant king who learns to befriend and trust another?
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh
500
How many laws did Hammurabi's Code have and give an example of one.
What is 282 laws and….use teacher discretion
500
What was Ashurbanipal's major construction project and why was it so important?
What is the Library- It had over 20,000 clay tablets of law, literature, math, and science which were written in many languages allowing people from all over to come to Nineveh to learn. This made Nineveh the hub of education at the time.
500
How did the Persian's rule their empire differently than the Assyrians. Give an example of each.
What is The Assyrians ruled harshly and did not accept differences (ex- They burned down the Temple of Jerusalem) however, the Persians were welcoming of differences (ex- people were allowed to practice their own traditions and keep their own gods and rulers)
500
What are 2 of the major changes to navigation that the Phoenicians discovered.
What are the use of current and wind patterns and the use of the North Star to guide their voyages.
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