People
Places
Geography
Empires
Grab Bag
100
King Sargon of Akkad established this around 2350 BCE
What is an empire
100
The name given to area of Mesopotamia that had great farm land between the two rivers.
What is Fertile Crescent
100
One of the two rivers in Mesopotamia
What is Tigris or Euphrates
100
This empire treated their people with tolerance and respect.
What is Persian Empire
100
Hammurabi's code was also known as this
What is "eye for an eye"
200
He created a law code that kept his people orderly
Who is Hammurabi
200
This place is where Hammurabi ruled from
What is Babylon
200
Capital of the Assyrian Empire
What is Nineveh
200
This empire used fear to rule their people
What is Assyrian Empire
200
This culture showed great respect for all of their conquered people
What is Persian
300
These people were also known as the Neo-Babylonians
Who is the Chaldeans
300
Built by King Nebuchadnezzar to please his wife
What is Hanging Gardens of Babylon
300
Two rivers of Mesopotamia empty into this body of water
What is Persian Gulf
300
This empire enslaved the Jewish people and destroyed their temple in Jerusalem.
Who are the New Babylonians
300
List the correct order of empires beginning with Akkadian
What is Babylonian, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian
400
This person divided the Persian Empire up into 20 different satraps
Who is Darius
400
Name one of the two places the Persian Royal road ran between
What is Sardis or Susa
400
This region of land is located in Modern Day Turkey
What is Anatolia
400
These were the first people the Persians conquered when building their empire
Who are the Medes
400
All the empires rulers has this characteristic in common
What is collection of tribute.
500
This person was a ruler who built a library at Nineveh
Who is Ashurbanipal
500
These mountains separated Persia from the rest of Mesopotamia
What is Zargos Mountains
500
This mountain range is between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea
What are the Caucasus Mountains
500
This empire covered the largest amount of land
What is Persian
500
The Persian empire covered this many miles of land.
What is 2800
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