Sumerians
What are the advantages of Sumer’s location?
It had access to rivers and the Persian Gulf.
What did the Assyrians improve upon from the Sumerians for military use?
Chariots
Who were the first people to settle on the plain of the Tigris-Euphrates valley?
Hunter-gatherers
What caused the downfall of the Chaldean Empire?
Poor harvest, which led to other factors such as a weakened economy
Who wrote a legal code that the phrase an “eye for an eye” came from?
Hammurabi
What did the Sumerians use to build their cities?
They combined reeds and mud to form bricks.
What did the Assyrians use from the Hittite people for their own gain?
Iron to make spears
How did early Mesopotamian people fix the problems with seasonal climate change such as drought and flooding?
Built dams and canals
The Chaldean Empire developed the first? (two accomplishments)
Sundial and 7-day week
Under Hammurabi’s codes, the punishment should fit the _____________?
crime
A Sumerian temple to honor their chief God is called?
A ziggurat
What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped them make their army stronger?
How to use metals such as iron for weapons
What would a historian use to study agriculture from Mesopotamia?
An artifact to grow food
In 612 B.C. the Chaldeans defeated whom?
Assyrian Empire
Babylon became rich from trade because it was located between the Mediterranean Sea and the______?
Persian Gulf
People who made metal, cloth and pottery were called?
Artisans
The calendar developed by the Sumerians was based on
The cycles of the moon
What would a historian use to study economics in Mesopotamia?
Records of trade in Cuneiform
Which mountain people captured Babylon in 539 B.C.? (hint: not the Chaldeans)
The Persians
Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
The Hanging Gardens
Sumerians who learned to read and write were called?
Scribes
What type of government did Sumer have?
Isolated city-states
Where did the first civilizations arise because of farming conditions?
In the river valley
How did the government change in Mesopotamia over time?
More complex and larger
Historians differ about whether or not the Code of Hammurabi was the most important source of modern law. Other historians feel it was the legal system of the Roman Empire. Why would they have different opinions?
Their interpretations of historical facts vary.