Vocabulary
City-states are...
cities that govern themselves and the surrounding territory
Early Mesopotamian kingdoms had this kind of government...
Monarchy
Kings were in this social class...
Upper class
These two rivers border Mesopotamia...
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Name any two Sumerians inventions still used today
Possible answers:
Wheels
Sailboats
Plows
Pottery wheels
Bronze
Geometry
60-sec min; 60-min hr
360° circle
Calendar
Empires are...
a large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler
These two types of landscape separated Sumerian city-states...
Mudflats and deserts
Hammurabi is most known for this...
Mesopotamians built these to deliver water from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to their crops...
Irrigation system
OR
Pipes, ditches, canals
Cuneiform used these instead of letters...
Symbols
Irrigation is...
a system that supplies water to dry land
This group of people conquered the Chaldeans after the empire became weak due to weak leaders, poor harvests, and slow trade...
The Persians
OR
Persia; the Persian Empire
Assyrian kings built these to connect provinces and make it easier to travel the large empire...
Roads
This melted off of Mesopotamian mountains and flooded rivers in the spring...
Snow
This large garden had an irrigation system, terraced levels, and many different types of plants...
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Tribute is...
Payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender
OR
Payment to a ruler as a sign of submission or for protection
The world's first empire was...
Akkad
OR
The Akkadian Empire
Queen Amytis
These fine particles of rich soil were left on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers after flooding...
Silt
This group of people invented the sundial...
Chaldeans
Cuneiform is...
Writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
Nebuchadnezzar's empire is known as these two names...
New Babylonian Empire
Chaldean Empire
This father and son led the Chaldeans in a revolt against the Assyrians and created a new empire...
Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezzar
The Hanging Gardens of Babylons used this many gallons of water each day...
8,200 gallons
Ashurbanipal built his library in...
Nineveh