Leaders
I was the first King.
Sargon the Great
What is the name of Sargon's daughter
Enduanna
What did Hammurabi create that made trade a lot faster and safer?
Roads
What metal did the Assyrians use for their Weapons
Iron
I was the civilization led by King Hammurabi.
What is Babylonia?
I was a Babylonian King who was very strict.
Hammurabi.
Who adopted Sargon of Akkad.
The gardener and his wife.
If a man blinded another by accident or on purpose, his punishment would likely be...
blinded
What did Ashurbanipal make people pay him after a conquest?
Tribute.
What famous story was found in the ruins of the library of Nineveh?
Epic of Gilgamesh
I was one of the most legendary mythological figures, I was a heroic priest-king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk
Who was Gilgamesh?
What was Sargon's job as a child
Cup bearer
A political division where a city controls itself and the surrounding area.
City State
What group of people got exiled by the Assyrian Empire?
Israelites/Jewish People
This term refers to belief in more than one god
What is polytheism?
I was the king who ordered the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
This building, found in every individual city-state was dedicated to that city's god.
What is the ziggurat?
What is the name of the massive markets people would sell their products at?
Bazaars.
What was one of the greatest discovers in archeological history?
Library of Nineveh
The continent Mesopotamia is located on.
Asia.
King of Akkad who was the reason for its failure?
Nar-Rim-Sim
What is the name of the King that Sargon worked for as a kid?
Ur-zababa
Name 5 Inventions / Achievements of the Ancient Mesopotamians
Sailboats
• Plow
• Wheel
• Irrigation built levees
• number systems based on 60
• Metal
• Cueniform
• Epic of Gilgamesh
Who ended up conquering the Assyrians/Neo Babylonians?
Cyrus of Persia
What two rivers are in the Mesopotamian River valley?
Tigris and Euphrates rivers