Sumer
What was the other city-state did Sumar fight a war with?
what is Elam?
What made it possible for Assyria's leaders to make a big empire
What is conquering their neighbors?
Why was Babalonia so important
What is they were famous for their art beauty and strength.
True or False: The rivers that surround Mesopotamia are the Nile and the Amazon river
False: The rivers proper names were Tigris and Euphrates river not the Nile river (Africa) nor the Amazon river (South America
What two key inventions did Sumerians use to make a stable food supply
What is Irrigation systems and The plow
What might've sparked wars in Mesopotamia? Name at least 2.
What is crops, land, ect?
What is one of the benefits of the Assyrian empire?
What is better trade?
What protected Babalonia from their enemies?
What is they build double and triple walls.
Which contenent is Mesopotamia located in?
What is Asia?
Civilizations had three levels of people. Highest level, Middle level, and Bottom level. Name three people belonging to each level.
Kings, Priest, Government Officials (Highest Level)
Merchants, Artisans (Middle Level)
Slaves (Bottom Level)
True or False: Sumarians were the first to use wagons in battle?
True: People think that the wagons carried archers, soldiers, generals, and even weapons to the battlefields.
How long did the Assyrian empire last for?
What is 3 centuries?
Where did most of Babalonia's money come from?
Conquering their neighbors.
What are the seas that were close to Mesopotamia? Name at least 2.
Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Red, Mediterranian Sea
What is one of the things the government officials had to keep track of?
The peoples behaviors.
What is one of the original inventions that Sumerians used?
What is the wagon?
True or False: Sumerians were the first to make weapons.
False: Assyrians were the first people to make weapons and used them in battle.
True or False: Historians think that about 180,000 people lived in Babalonia alone.
False: It was estamatied that around 60,000 people had lived in Babalonia in the Second Millenium BCE
What is the name of the mountain ranges that were close to Mesopotamia?
Zargos and Taurus mountain range.
What did kings do? Name at least 3.
Make/Enforce laws, appoint officials, leading the army, building temples, and made sure irrigation systems were maintained.
True or False: Sumer created most of the worlds the "first" inventions and civilization
True: They were supposted to be famous for many of the "firsts" in Mesopotamia. Including being the first city-states
True or false: At first, Assyria was a huge empire.
False: Assyria started as a pretty small empire.
Why were other city-states jealous of Babalonia?
They saw how beautiful and strong they were.
Explain what the Fertile Cresent is
(Answer may vary) It is a big piece of land that has a lot of fertile soil for there to be crops.
How did people try to please their gods?
By growing crops and settling their disputes.