Sargon
What modern countries, and parts of modern countries, does the Fertile Crescent include?
Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan
Did Sumerian city-states go to war with one another to increase trade?
No
Were many Sumerians skilled metalworkers because of the abundance of metal in Sumer?
No
hero of an epic who travels the world performing great deeds
Gilgamesh
The Assyrian army numbered around 50,000 soldiers, including ___________________, ___________________, and ___________________.
infantry, cavalry, and charioteers
Which group rebelled against the Assyrians?
Chaldeans
What role do you think the first Sumerian kings had? Such as artisans, farmers, scribes, war heroes, Priests?
War Heroes
a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top
ziggurat
Who wrote a set of legal codes that covered most of daily life?
Hammurabi
Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up which class? Lower, middle, upper?
Middle Class
What was scarce during the summer in Mesopotamia?
Water
first large army to use iron weapons
Assyrians
What is usually located at the highest point in the towns?
The ziggurat
According to the Code of Hammurabi, can someone be sold into slavery?
Yes
What was the role of women in Sumerian society?
take care of the home and children
people who study the heavenly bodies
astronomers
What are some of the examples of the Assyrian army’s brutality, or extreme violence?
robbed people, set crops on fire, destroyed towns and dams
Who conquered all of the peoples of Mesopotamia, creating the world's first empire lasting more than 200 years?
Sargon
has its own government and is not part of a larger unit
city-state
Site of one of the world's first libraries
Ninevah