Geography
Assyrian Empire
Civilization Rises
Persian Empire
Babylonian Empire
100
What year was the first writing system in use?
What is 3000 b.c..
100
They sent captured people in _______.
What was exile.
100
The highest ranked leader of a group of people
What is a king
100
What is a province?
What is an area of land similar to a state.
100
What did Hammurabi create?
What is Hammurabi's code (of laws)
200
Mesopotamians made their houses out of_______.
What is mud
200
What year did the Assyrian empire end?
What is 609 B.C.
200
The largest and most important structure in a Sumerian city.
What was ziggurat
200
Who founded the Persian Empire?
What is Cyrus the Great
200
What was Hammurabi's code's goal?
What was to bring justice to all.
300
Mesopotamia was a ______ climate because it got less than 10 inches of rain and summers were very hot.
What is semiarid
300
Assyria had a ______ army. a.weak b.strong c.Ok
What is b.strong
300
What did Mesopotamia create?
What is the wheel
300
A governor that is used to carry out the Emperor's orders?
What were Satraps
300
What was a nickname for Hammurabi's code?
What is "An eye for an eye."
400
A period when there is not enough rainfall.
What is a drought
400
Assyria destroyed ___ cities. a.67 b.9999 c.89
What is c.89
400
Floods were _____ in Mesopotamia a.predictable b.unpredictable c. don't know
What is b.unpredictable
400
What was the Royal Road used for?
It was used for government purposes.
400
What took over Babylonia?
What was The Assyrian Empire
500
They traded many things and soon had a ______ of grain.
What is a surplus
500
What part of Mesopotamia did Assyria rule?
What is The Fertile Crescent
500
The two river names that surrounded Mesopotamia
What were The Tigris and Euphrates
500
How long is the Royal Road?
What was 1,775 miles long
500
Each ruler in a conquered land had to send _____ to the emperor.
What is tribute
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