General Mesopotamia
Part of the Middle East from the Persian Gulf to the Nile River valley where some of the worlds first civilizations began
What is The Fertile Crescent
A city ruled like an independent state that would rule the surrounding land as well.
What is a city-state
The amount of "rises" the Assyrian Empire had through history.
What is 3
Amorite prince who created taxes, a judicial system, and a famous set of laws.
A large series of terraces that rose to around 75 feet containing plants and animals, built by King Nebuchadnezzar II for his wife, Queen Amytis, because she was homesick.
What is The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
The three important rivers in Mesopotamia
What are the Nile, the Tigris, and the Euphrates
The most famous king in Ancient Sumer, ruled in the city-state or Uruk and had an "epic" written about him.
Who is Gilgamesh
An Akkadian king who established his own city, conquered all of the Sumerian city-states, united northern and southern Mesopotamia and came up with the first postal system. His 56 year reign marked the golden age
Who is Sargon the Great
A code of 282 laws which sought to create a just and fair society. Also contained a prologue and epilogue.
What is Hammurabi's Code
A stone slab used for commemorative purposes
What is a stele
What is polytheism
A large temple in the center of the city that looked like a step pyramid with a flat top.
What is a Ziggurat
Made up of professional soldiers whose only job in life is to fight.
What is a standing army
A king who ruled for 43 years, was a great military leader, expanded the Babylonian empire, but was also known as the "destroyer of nations".
Who was King Nebuchadnezzar II
The idea, created by Hammurabi, that a person is innocent until proven guilty
What is the Presumption of Innocence
The Sumerian invention of moving water from the source to somewhere else further away.
What is irrigation
The first writing system where scribes used sharpened reeds to scratch the symbols into wet clay, which dried to form tablets.
What is Cuneiform
A wheeled vehicle pulled by 2-4 horses where the rider is standing
A chariot
The eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon.
The Ishtar Gates
The place humans went when they died in Ancient Sumer.
What is Kur
The nickname for the Fertile Crescent
What is "The cradle of civilization"
Enlil's tablet that enabled him to see the destinies of the world.
What is the tablet of destinies
An Akkadian King who conquered the land from the Mediterranean Sea and Syria, and increased trade dramatically, going as far as India.
Who was Naram-Sim
The destruction of Judea, and the enslavement of the Jewish people for 70 years by the hand of King Nebuchadnezzar II.
What was the Babylonian Exile.
The Sumerian sun god, whose symbol was a fiery ray and saw knife.
Who is Utu