Mesopotamia Life
System of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things
cuneiform
What Empire was the largest and strongest?
Assyrian Empire
What was the 1st Empire in Mesopotamia?
Empire of Sargon/Akkad
The second empire was the Babylonian Empire. Who was it who conquered many cities and created it?
Hammurabi
The Assyrian Army was known for its ______ tools.
Iron
Supply water to crops
irrigate
Name 4 of the 8 features of civilization
Cities, public works, writing, established religion, well-organized government, job specialization, arts & architecture, social classes?
What was King Hammurabi most well-known for?
His strict laws (Hammurabi's Code)
Mesopotamia lies between which 2 rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
The Assyrian Army used 3 war tactics all at the same time. What were they?
the battering ram, escalade, (over walls), sapping (under walls).
A temple to honor the gods and goddesses.
Ziggurat?
What are the "Hanging Gardens of Babylon",and why were they built?
Gardens built by Nebachadneezer II for his wife who was lonely for her homeland (homesick)
A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian Empire was called...
Hammurabi's Code
The first piece of literature (epic poem) in Mesopotamia.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Ur, Uruk, Lagash and Kish are all examples of ...
Mesopotamian city-states.
What is polytheism?
The belief in more than one god
What did a scribe do?
wrote documents, and copied documents
The Assyrian army had 3 main war tactics, Battering ram, escalade (ladders to climb over) and sapping (dig under the walls). What was their main strategy in war?
To do all 3 at the same time.
At the top of Mesopotamian social classes were the ______
kings, priests
In which empire were the sundial and 7-day week developed?
Neo-Babylonia.
This is the basic principle of justice of Hammurabi's Code.
An eye for an eye.
When the Assyrians built their empire, they divided it into 70 smaller units or districts called _________.
Provinces
Who created the very first empire?
Sargon
A fine black fertile substance that makes Mesopotamia a good place for farming.
silt
Who was the first king of Persia?
King Cyrus the Great