He was Babylonian King, who wrote the Code of Hammurabi with laws written down, so that no person could change it.
Who was King Hammurabi?
100
This is where the Ancient Mesopotamians worship their gods and goddesses.
What is a ziggurat?
100
This place is sometimes known as the cradle of civilization
What was mesopotamia sometimes known as?
100
This device was made for knocking walls down.
What was the battering ram made for?
100
This is the the season when the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flood
What special even happens in Spring?
200
During the 43 years this king ruled, he was able to bring Babylonia back from the mess King Hammurabi's sons had made to something similar to what King Hammurabi had.
Who was King Nebuchadnezzar?
200
These were the ancestors of modern Jewish people
Who are the Hebrews?
200
The Mesopotamian culture also developed the first written language, religion, and agriculture.
What was the first culture ?
200
This was used on a chariot, battering ram, and it used for making pottery
Name three ways the wheel was used in ancient Mesopotamia.
200
The present day country of this ancient civilization is Iraq.
What was one present day country Mesopotamia was located in?
300
Although they worshipped the same gods, they had their own language, and were far more violent than the other city-states
What were some ways that the Assyrians differed from other city states?
300
They believed in many gods and goddesses such as Shammash, Enlil, Ninurta, Utu, and ect. The ancient Mesopotamians also believed in demons and evil spirits.
How were the ancient Mesopotamians polytheistic?
300
They were exiled to Babylonia, and when the Persians conquered them, Cyrus the Great let them be free and go back to the ‘promised land.’
Who exiled the Hebrews?
300
This was written with a wooden reed with lines and wedges. This writing form was made to keep track of record.
What is Cuneiform?
300
There are 4 land masses surrounding this civilization
How many land masses surround Ancient day Mesopotamia?
400
After failing to conquer Babylonia on their first try, they conquered Babylonia by conquering all the neighboring lands that supported Babylonia itself, making Babylonia an easy target.
What did the Assyrians do to conquer Babylonia?
400
Laws 6, 8, 9, and 10 of the Ten Commandments displayed this characteristic.
Which laws of the Ten Commandments are about being respectful to others?
400
Carthage was the city that had a great trading port in the Phoenician colonies
What is the city that had a great trading port in the Phoenician colonies?
400
This vehicle was the supreme military weapon in Eurasia.
What is a Chariot?
400
This region is estimated to be about 15,000 to 20,000 square miles
How many square miles is the Fertile Crescent?
500
He was a courageous king, and best friend was Enkidu, and they fought off Humbaba, the demon that guarded the cedar trees.
Who was Gilgamesh’s best friend?
500
Boys learned skills that they could use while girls learned how to be wives. Men went to work, while the women stayed home raising the children. Therefore, men played a higher role in society.
What were the difference between male and female roles?
500
Telling a lie was one of the most disgraceful things you could do in this city state
What was the most disgraceful thing you could do in Peria?
500
The epic of Gilgamesh was written in this language.
What was an important story was written in cuneiform?
500
As of today, there are 4 countries located where this city state was located
How many countries was Ancient located Assyria in?