MESOPOTAMIA BASICS
This region was located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Mesopotamia
Who conquered Sumer and created the Akkadian Empire.
Sargon
This city became the capital of Hammurabi's empire.
Babylon
This Mesopotamian empire was known for having a powerful army.
Assyrian Empire
The word "Neo" means ________.
new
This is a city and the surrounding land that has its own government.
city-state
The Akkadians came from this part of Mesopotamia.
northern Mesopotamia
He was the king of Babylon who created a famous set of written laws.
Hammurabi
This type of warfare involved attacking a city to break through its defenses.
siege warfare
He was the king who rebuilt Babylon into a powerful and beautiful city.
Nebuchadnezzar II
These two rivers were important to the growth of Mesopotamian civilization.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Sargon became powerful by conquering many Sumerian ________.
city-states
Hammurabi's Code included rules about crime, trade, work, and ________.
family
This heavy weapon was used to break through city walls.
battering ram
The Neo-Babylonians studied the stars and planets. This is called ________.
astronomy
Mesopotamians used this system to move river water to their farmland.
irrigation
After conquering Sumer, Sargon united many city-states and created the ________ Empire.
Akkadian Empire
Hammurabi's laws helped keep the Babylonian Empire organized by giving people ________ to follow.
rules/laws?
These were channels used to move water from one place to another.
canals
Their mathematical work helped develop the ________-minute hour.
60
Which came first: farming, cities, or empires
farming
Sargon collected goods from conquered people. These goods were called ________.
tribute
Hammurabi created a famous set of written rules called the ________.
Hammurabi's Code
Assyrians carved pictures into stone that showed kings, battles, hunting, and animals. These were called ________.
relief carvings
The Neo-Babylonians are known for studying the stars and developing new ideas about ________ and time.
astronomy and mathematics