Geography
These two rivers are in Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
World's 1st Empire
Who were the Akkadians?
What was cuneiform?
Belief in 1 God, such as in Judaism
What is monotheism?
Scribes, merchants, and artisans were in this social class
What was the Middle Class?
The meaning of the word Mesopotamia
What is the "land between the rivers"?
Most feared warriors
Who were the Assyrians?
Astronomy was used to create an accurate one of these
What is a calendar?
Founder of Judaism
Who was Abraham?
This leader created the first written law code
Who was Hammurabi?
Area of great farmland in the area
What is the Fertile Crescent?
City with the Hanging Gardens
What was Babylon?
2 of 3 products that the Phoenicians traded
What are glass, purple dye, and cedar?
Main god of the Babylonian
Who was Baal?
Nebuchadnezzar was the king of this empire
What is Babylon?
Sea to the West of Mesopotamia
What is the Mediterranean?
Empire that was tolerant of other religions
Who were the Persians?
The Persians set up this to help with communication
What is the postal system?
Belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
King of Persia that created many reforms
Who was Darius?
Continent that Mesopotamia is on
What is Asia?
Created an alphabet similar to ours
Who were the Phoenicians?
The Hittites were the first to use weapons made of this
What is iron?
Religious temples in the shape of a step pyramid
What is a ziggurat?
The 2 types of law
What is Civil and Criminal?