GRAPES of Mesopotamia
How did the Sumerians create a surplus of food?
They used irrigation canals to water their crops, which created lots of food!
system of roads
This was the main reason the Code of Hammurabi was created.
Why did Ashurbanipal build the first library?
So that he would be known forever as the "man who collected books"
Why did Nebuchadnezzar build the Hanging Gardens for his wife?
Because she was unhappy living in Babylon and wanted to go home to Persia.
Name the order of the social classes in Mesopotamia.
Kings/Royal Family --> Priests/Military Commanders --> Middle Class (Merchants, Farmers, Artisans) --> Lower Class (Slaves)
This was the man who created the first empire, Akkadia.
Sargon
This was the leader of the Babylonian Empire.
Hammurabi
This was the leader of the Assyrian Empire.
Ashurbanipal
This was the leader of the Chaldean Empire.
Nebuchadnezzar
This term means to believe in many gods.
Polytheistic
How did Sargon create the world's first empire?
He united all of the city-states.
Under the Babylonian Empire, the idea of this was created, which helped with time telling.
Calendar year (12 months), 60 minutes/hour, 60 seconds/min
Ashurbanipal had a well-trained _______.
military
The Chaldean Empire is also known as this.
The New Babylonian Empire
Describe three Sumerian achievements.
Wheeled cart, sailboat, cuneiform, road system, dividing time into hours, minutes, etc.
The Akkadians believed in ________ gods, which made them polytheistic.
many
Hammurabi created this, which was the first of its kind.
Set of Laws called the Code of Hammurabi
Ashurbanipal was known as a what kind of warrior?
Merciless, brutal
The Chaldeans took over this city and rebuilt it to make it beautiful again.
Babylon
Akkadians --> Babylonians --> Assyrians --> Chaldeans (New Babylonians)
Sargon believed in using ________ power to take over.
military
The set of laws Hammurabi created had this many laws in it.
282
Ashurbanipal built the first _________.
Nebuchadnezzar built this, which is one of the seven ancient wonders of the world.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon