Geography
Where is Mesopotamia?
A: Northern Africa
B: The Middle East
C: Europe
B: The Middle East
True or false: Sumeria was the first civilization to invent city walls.
True!
Who was the first leader of the Akkadian Empire?
Sargon
Who conquered Babylon in 539 BCE?
Cyrus the Great of Persia
What Assyrian invention made Assyrian warriors so fearsome?
Iron weapons
Mesopotamia is ________ of both Egypt and the Levant.
(North, South, East, or West?)
North
What was cuneiform?
Sumerian writing
True or false: Modern historians can read ancient Mesopotamian writing.
True!
What was the Code of Hammurabi?
A famous set of laws from Ancient Babylon
True or false: Assyria kept conquered groups in their original location.
False--Assyria moved conquered groups to new territories to make them easier to manage.
How long did Mesopotamian civilizations thrive? (Hint: how many thousands of years?)
5,000 years!
What did Sumerians write on?
Clay tablets
Which two other ancient cultures did Mesopotamia trade with?
Egypt and Harappa
Babylon conquered which civilization from the Levant?
Judah (Ancient Israel)
Was Assyria conquered before or after Babylon was conquered?
Before--Assyria was conquered in 612 BCE, and Babylon was conquered in 539 BCE.
Which two rivers acted as the borders to ancient Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and the Euphrates
What does Gilgamesh look for in the "Epic of Gilgamesh"?
He is looking for immortality.
True or False: Assyria conquered Babylon, but Babylon never conquered Assyria.
False! Babylon conquered Assyria before Babylon fell in 539 BCE.
What was the main principle within the Code of Hammurabi?
If someone damaged something of a neighbor's they had to replace it.
True or false: Assyria was allies with Egypt and ancient Israel.
False: Assyria conquered both Egypt and Ancient Israel before it fell in the seventh century BCE.
What does "Mesopotamia" mean in Greek?
"Between two rivers"
What was Eridu OR the Abzu?
The first city (in Sumeria)/the lagoon next to the first city.
Which city was Gilgamesh the king of in the Epic of Gilgamesh?
A: Uruk
B: Ur
C: Babylon
A: Uruk
What was the Gate of Ishtar?
A giant gate, covered in blue and yellow tiles, that was the entrance to the city of Babylon.
Assyria preserved royal ________ to keep the empire uniform, promote communication, and protect trade.
Roads