Vocabulary Terms
This is where the Mesopotamians would worships their gods.
What is a ziggurat?
The Sumerians made their houses out of this?
What is mud?
The Assyrians flayed their enemies which means...
What is skinning a person alive?
King of Babylon which united the empire and created the first set of laws.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
The Mesopotamians relied on these two rivers for survival?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
This is the belief in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
The Mesopotamians built their houses out of mud instead of wood because...
What is, there were no trees in the desert?
The Assyrians created this war machine which had wheels that caused havoc against their enemies.
What are chariots?
The Code of Hammurabi stressed this which our law today tries to accomplish.
What is fairness?
Where did the Mesopotamian Civilization occur in?
What is a desert?
A group of people who control and conquer other lands.
What is an empire?
The Sumerians water their crops by using this technique.
What is irrigation?
The Assyrians used these to move their armies more quickly.
What are roads?
This was the first skyscraper?
What is the Tower of Babel?
The first alphabet and writing system was called...
What is Cuneiform?
This is a city who controls the land around them and has an army and government.
What is a city-state?
The Sumerians created this to improve their communication?
What is a writing system?
The Assyrians used fear and terror to...
What is to scare their enemies not to fight?
The Babylonians used their wealth in what ways?
Which is to decorate their cities with parks and make them look nice?
Civilizations started near rivers for this reason(s).
What is fresh water to drink, water crops, travel, and fish for food?
Who are the Mesopotamians?
Sumer created a writing system called this...
What is cuneiform?
The Assyrians became the first________ in history when they conquered surrounding territories.
What is an empire?
The Babylonians were conquered by this group which ended the Mesopotamian Civilization.
Who are the Persians?
The Mesopotamians are mentioned in this book and most of what we know about this civilization can be found in it.
What is the Bible?