Ancient Mesopotamia
True or false: Mesopotamia was a part of the Fertile Crescent, which was named after its rich soil.
True
There was a powerful king from the Sumerians who had a lot of tales and stories written about him. What was his name?
Gilgamesh
Although Babylon is not an inhabited city anymore, which modern-day city was it located near?
Baghdad, Iraq
After the death of Hammurabi, the Babylonian Empire weakened and was overrun by different empires. One of them was the Hittites. They ruled which area?
Asia Minor, which is now Turkey
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What were the 2 largest city states in Sumer?
Uruk and Ur
One of the most powerful kings of Babylon had a code of law named after him. What was his name?
Hammurabi
What were the Assyrians really good at?
Military strategy. They perfected the military siege. Their soldiers were quick, well trained, used horses and chariots. The didn't immediately attack a city. They terrorized the countryside first striking fear into the people then laid waste to the cities. They used battering rams to smash gates, ladders to cross walls and even had inflatable-rafts made from animal hides to cross moats.
The word Mesopotamia means what?
"The land between the rivers"
Who was at the very top of the social order in the Sumerian city-states?
The kings - they believed they were chosen by the 'gods' to rule the people
True or false: Nebuchadnezzar was originally from Babylon.
False
What were some countries that had Phoenician ports? (modern day names)
Greece, Egypt, Spain
The design for temples in Mesopotamia was called _____
ziggurat
The Sumerians developed the first known system of writing called _______
cuneiform
Why did Nebuchadnezzar order the building of the Hanging Gardens?
To please his wife, who was originally from Persia - she missed her homeland
What was the greatest contribution of the Phoenicians?
Their alphabet
Mesopotamia was in which modern-day country?
Iraq
Who was the ruler of the Akkadians who conquered all of the city-states of Sumer?
Sargon
Nebuchadnezzar was from which empire?
The Chaldeans
The Phoenicians wrote in a ______ (a family of ancient Near Eastern languages) alphabetic script that resembled early Hebrew script
Semitic