Terms That Are Key
The first written language developed in Mesopotamia
Cunieform
Developed and made a code of laws
Hammurabi
Name the two rivers around which Mesopotamia was built
Tigris, Euphrates
Non-cohesive city-states allowed ______ to attack from the Zagros Mountains
Nomads
Forced absence from one's homeland
Exile
The name of the written laws of Ancient Babylon
Code of Hammurabi
Created the world's first real empire
Sargon
Name the first city
Ur
Led by Sargon, this empire was the first EVER
Akkadians
The term coined by philosophers describing life before regulated government and division of resources.
The State of Nature
A professional writer
Forced people to move from their homelands to squash rebellion.
Tiglath Pileser III
The mountains to the Northeast of Mesopotamia
The Zagros Mountains
During this empire, the walls of the city were refurbished and the ziggurat was rebuilt.
New Babylonians
The Nile River empties into this body of water
Mediterranean Sea
A picture that stands for a word or idea
Pictograph
Punished the Jews severely and forced them into exile
Nebuchadnezzar
The sea to the Northwest of Mesopotamia
Mediterranean
During this empire, the Jews were sent into exile
New Babylonian
The idea that citizens need to sacrifice individual freedoms for the collective benefit of society.
The Social Contract
A person who manages a government or organization
Administrator
Shamshi Adad
Persian Gulf
This empire was noted for their brutal rulers and relentless attacks on anything in their path.
New Assyrians
Babylon was in this area of Mesopotamia, while Assyria was in this area.
South, North