Akkadian Empire
He was the king of the Akkadian Empire
Who was Sargon?
He was the king of the Babylonian Empire.
Who was Hammurabi?
The Assyrians used this type of warfare, which is when an army camps outside a city and attacks it over and over until the city falls.
What is siege warfare?
This was the king of the Neo-Babylonia Empire.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II?
The people of this empire made advances that led to the 60-minute hour and the 7 day week.
Who are the Neo-Babylonians?
The Akkadians' greatest achievement was the creation of this.
What is the world's first empire?
The city of Babylon served this purpose, in addition to being Mesopotamia's capital city.
What is a trading center?
These were the systems of pipes and channels that brought water from distant places, within the Assyrian Empire.
What are aqueducts?
A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
What is a city-state?
A large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader.
What is an empire?
A political strategy of the Akkadians
What is destroyed walls of the city and demanded loyalty?
Hammurabi's code of laws served these two purposes.
What is 1) to unify Hammurabi's empire, and 2) to preserve order.
These realistic, two-dimensional sculptures were first created by the Assyrians.
What are bas-reliefs?
What type of building was the "House of the Platform Between Heaven and Earth", which was reconstructed by the Neo-Babylonians?
What is a ziggurat?
A person who makes money by selling goods.
Who is a merchant?
These three-dimensional sculptures were first created by the Akkadians.
What are steles?
These people had rights under Hammurabi's Code of Laws.
Who is everyone, including slaves?
The Assyrians first used these, which were long poles on wheels used for punching holes through walls.
What are battering rams?
The Hanging Gardens were located here.
What is Nebuchadrezzar's palace in Babylon?
They never united into one group, which left them open to attacks and they fought over land and water rights.
Who are the Sumerians?
The Akkadians used this written language.
What is cuneiform?
List three (3) items traded in Babylon.
What is grain, woven cloth, precious gems, wood, gold, silver, and livestock?
This was the capital city of the Assyrian Empire, which had magnificent palaces to honor their kings.
What is Nineveh?
This invention by the Neo-Babylonians proves their advances in astronomy.
What is the sun dial?
To keep his Neo-Babylonian Empire safe, Nubuchadnezzar surrounded his city with protective structures. Identify two (2) of these structures.
What are: inner walls, outer walls, towers and moats.