Early Mesopotamia
What is the area of land that includes the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Who ruled Akkad and conquered Sumer around 2334-2279 BC?
Who is Sargon the Great?
Who rebuilt Babylon and constructed the Hanging Gardens?
Who is King Nebuchadnezzar?
What is the name of the epic written by a former king of Uruk?
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Who goes to the bathroom the most in the class?
Luke & Maddi
By what year did consistent surpluses of food occur in this region?
What is 4000 BC?
What judicial code did King Hammurabi create?
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
What type of currency did Lydia establish around the 1200s?
What is a coin-based currency?
Who was the prophet that founded Zoroastrianism?
Who is Zoroaster?
Geography
What is the term for the ancient form of writing used by the Sumerians?
What is cuneiform?
Which empire conquered Babylon in 1400 BC with iron and horses?
Who are the Hittites?
Which Persian king conquered Babylon in the 560s-331 BC?
Who is Cyrus II?
What opposing forces did Zoroaster believe battled for control of the world?
What are Ahura Mazda and Ahriman?
What point in history do we always come back to in class?
1860s U.S. History & 1940s-1950s World History
What structure was dedicated to the gods in each Sumerian city-state?
What is a ziggurat?
What was the significance of the Phoenician alphabet?
What is it represented sounds instead of whole words?
What major construction did Darius I build to connect the Persian Empire?
What is the Royal Road?
What event did Nebuchadnezzar defeat the Kingdom of?
What is the Kingdom of Judah?
What did I say about Ziggurats, Pyramids, and Ancient Aztec temples have in common?
Proves a divine knowledge from God
Who was Sumer’s highest god?
Who is An?
Which empire was known as the most feared at this time?
Who are the Assyrians?
Who led the attack on Greece and burned down Athens?
Who is Xerxes?
$500: Who conquered the Persian Empire, ending its dominance?
Who is Alexander the Great?
What was the first thing Zoey said in class?