Vocabulary
Belief in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
This individual is known for creating the written code of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
This was the world's first empire and united the Sumerian city-states.
What is the Akkad Empire?
That creation of this invention allowed for carts to be built to be pulled by donkeys and eventually for chariots.
What is the wheel?
This is an area referred to as the land between rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple on the top.
What is ziggurat?
This individual created the world's first empire.
Who is Sargon?
This empire is known for having the first written laws and for conquering much of Mesopotamia.
What is the Babylonian Empire?
Due to these ideas from the Sumerians, we are able to keep track of time.
What are the 60-second minute and 60-minute hour?
Ur, Uruk, and Eridu are all examples of this.
What are Sumerian city-states?
A long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero.
What is epic?
A king from the city-state of Uruk, this individual went on a grand adventure and fought many monsters.
Who is Gilgamesh?
This empire was known for its powerful military which was well trained and brutal in battle.
What is the Assyrian Empire?
A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay.
What is cuneiform?
King Nebuchadnezzar built this world wonder for his wife who missed her home.
What are the Hanging Gardens?
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, and streams.
What is irrigation?
This individual was sent by the gods as a challenger but become a friend to Gilgamesh.
Who is Enkidu?
This empire wanted to bring back the former splendor of Babylon and break away from harsh rulers.
What is the Chaldean Empire or the New Babylonian Empire?
Part of why the Assyrians were so fierce was their creation of this type of weapon.
What is iron weapons?
This city was the center of two empires in Mesopotamia.
What is Babylon?
An amount that is left over after a need has been met.
What is surplus?
This is individual is the one responsible for the resurgence of Babylon as an influential city as well as a returning to how many things were with the Babylonian empire.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
Though they are mostly known for their harsh fighting this empire also built one of the world's first libraries and valued scholarly pursuits.
What is the Assyrian Empire?
The Chaldeans invented this a way to measure time.
What is the sundial?
This city was the capital of the Assyrian empire.
What is Ninevah?