Mesopotamia
The name 'Mesopotamia' comes from this language
What is Greek?
first major civilization to arise in south Mesopotamia
What is Sumer?
Babylonians created this aspect of time
What is the 60-minute hour?
Assyria conquered this Mesopotamian civilization in 689 B.C.
What was Babylonia?
Who are the Babylonians?
this ancient geographical region extends from the eastern end of the Mediterranean in a huge arc to the Persian Gulf
What is the Fertile Crescent?
this name means land between the rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
Sumerians were early users of this major innovation that allows heavy objects to be moved easily
What is the wheel?
this leader, who ruled Babylonia from 1792 to 1750 BC, had scholars write an extensive legal text of laws that were enforced during his 42-year reign
Who was Hammurabi?
this King of Persia conquered Babylonia in 539 BC
Who was Cyrus?
Mesopotamia was located in this region
What is the Middle East or Northeast Africa?
the last inhabitants of Mesopotamia
Who were the Persians?
Sumerians developed this process of shaping and reshaping a hard, natural material in order to create useful objects
What is metal working?
Babylonians created this system of tracking days.
What is the 12-month lunar calendar?
Assyria was located in this region of ancient Mesopotamia
What is the north?
the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are located in this present-day Middle Eastern country
What is Iraq?
coined by an Egyptologist in 1916, this term refers to the larger geographical region that Mesopotamia is a part of
What is the Fertile Crescent?
this system of communication and keeping records was developed by Sumer
What is writing?
The Babylonians invented this widely used mathematics tool.
What are the multiplication tables?
The last civilization of arise in Mesopotamia
What is Assyria?
this sea is located west of ancient Mesopotamia
second civilization to arise in Mesopotamia
What is Babylonia?
Sumer was located just north of this body of water, which is an inland extension of the Arabian Sea
What is the Persian Gulf?
this king conquered Babylonia in 539 B.C.
Who was Cyrus, the King of Persia?
the capital of Assyria
What is Nineveh "nin uh vuh"?
the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers empty into this shallow body of water, which is surrounded by the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran
What is the Persian Gulf?