Geography & Environment
The two rivers that defined Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates
What writing system was used for record-keeping and laws?
Cuneiform
What technological innovation was created to move goods and people along rivers?
Boats
Who was the lowest class of people who did most of the work?
Slaves
What is the main function of the massive wall around Ur
protection from attack
What building were city-states centered around for worship and administration?
Ziggurat
What was the government's use for cuneiform in trade?
To document trade agreements and transactions
The gulf that served as a route for maritime trade near Mesopotamia?
The Persian Gulf
Annual floods
Which famous ruler created a code of laws?
Hammurabi
Hammurabi's code was the first what?
Written code of laws
Which ruler wanted to rebuild Babylon, creating a neo-babylonian empire?
Nebuchadnezzer II
What is the P of Grapes?
Politics
What is a human-made waterway system to control river water for farming?
They had the power to sway public opinion through religion.
The Hittites were the first to master what?
Ironworking (making great weapons)
Cyrus the great built his empire and kept it without rebellion by doing what?
Allowing people to continue their own cultures
What were the three main classes of people in Hammurabi's code?
Landowners, Free people who don't own land, and Slaves
What sea is located on the West side of Mesopotamia that the Phoenicians built their empire on?
Mediterranean Sea
Who was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire?
Sargon
What "Epic" was created making a king into a hero?
Epic of Gilgamesh
What resource was lacking through most of Mesopotamia that made trade so important?
(FINAL) Who was the temple dedicated to in the City of Ur?
Nanna and Ningal