Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is part of a region of Southwest Asia that was the site of the world's first civilization, called:
The Fertile Crescent
Hammurabi
The written rules Hammurabi recorded for everyone in his empire to follow are called:
Hammurabi's Code
What was one role of an ancient scribe?
Scribes recorded sales, trades, tax payments, gifts for the gods, marriages, deaths
Which two rivers were important in Mesopotamia?
Tigris & Euphrates
How did building roads help the Babylonian Empire?
Building roads made travel easier and encouraged trade.
Explain the phrase: "An eye for an eye."
It means that if you knock out my eye, I can knock out your eye.
What did ancient scribes write on?
Clay
State one fact about a Sumerian city:
Merchants displayed goods in outdoor stalls; musicians, acrobats, and beggars filled the streets; scribes wrote letters for others; people slept on their roofs
The Assyrians were particularly skilled in what skill?
Warriors
True or False: Many of Hammurabi's punishments were harsh.
True
Who was Shamash - god of what?
True or False: Sumer practiced a monotheistic religion.
False - polytheistic
The Assyrians are credited with creating what things that helped them in wars?
Weapons, like the battering ram
What was Hammurabi's Code written on?
Clay tablets; most famously a stone pillar
Which king rebuilt the city of Babylon after it was destroyed by the Assyrians?
King Nebuchadnezzar
The word Mesopotamia comes from the Greek words that mean:
"land between the rivers"
What are the capital cities of the Babylonian & Assyrian Empires?
Babylonian = Babylon; Assyrian = Nineveh
What is so important about Hammurabi's Code?
It was so important that it was written down, so that everyone in the empire could see and understand the laws and punishments.
The Medes & Chaldeans joined together to defeat which empire?
They defeated the Assyrian empire in 612BC.