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
Epic of Gilgamesh
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
A territory governed as a political district or territories broken into political districts.
Province
A professional writer
this king rebuilt Babylon, making it the largest and richest city in the world.
Nebuchadnezzar
name the desert in the southern region of the Middle East
Arabian
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
an amount leftover after a need has been met
surplus
In 627 B.C this king led a revolt against the Assyrians. Within a year, he had forced the Assyrians out of Uruk and was crowned the first king of the "New" Babylonia
Nabopolassar
The sea to the Northwest of Mesopotamia
Mediterranean
Has its own government but is not part of any larger unit.
city-state
a larger territory or group of territories controlled by one ruler.
Empire
a payment to a ruler as a sign of surrender
tribute
This city-state was known for its achievements in math and astronomy
Sumer
Persian Gulf
This empire was noted for their brutal rulers and relentless attacks on anything in their path.
Assyrians
Babylon was in this area of Mesopotamia, while Assyria was in this area.
South, North