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A sharp , pointed writing tool
What is a reed stylus
Two rivers located in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
The belief in many gods and goddesses are called
polytheism / polytheistic
The belief in one god
monotheism
What is an example of a monotheistic religion
Judaism - Christianity
The temple (most important building) was built on top of a massive stepped tower called a
What is a ziggurat
What is a City-state
an independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory
Each city-state had its own government, laws and main god
When did women have to be veiled and confined during the Assyrian Empire
When they where in public
What continent is Iraq in
What is Zoroastrianism
(the first monotheistic religion)
The Sumerians created a form of writing called what
what is cuneiform
Who developed the first Mesopotamian civilization
The Sumerians
What was the Assyrian Empire known for ?
The Assyrians were perhaps most famous for their fearsome army.
Mesopotamia is what country today
Iraq
the most important piece of Mesopotamian literature teaches the lesson that only gods are immortal
Epic of Gilgamesh
the land between two rivers
What is the name of the First Empire and Who was the king
BOTH MUST BE ANSWERED FOR CREDIT
What is AKKAD
Who is King Sargon
Which city in Iraq held one of the largest libraries
Nineveh held one of the ancient world’s largest libraries
What is the name of the King
•conquers Jerusalem, destroys their temple, and enslaves the Jews
Nebuchadnezzar II
What was the satrap responsible for
collecting taxes, handling legal matters, and recruiting soldiers.
The first written system of laws.
What is the Code of Hammurabi
Assyrian kings divided their empire into political districts called
provinces
Which empire strongly influenced the Assyrians?
The Babylonians
What is the principle of retaliation based on Hammurabi's code
“an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” is fundamental in Hammurabi’s code.
King Darius strengthened the Persian government by dividing the empire into 20 provinces,
satrap