Vocabulary
Who's Who
Civilizations
Inventions
The Fertile Crescent
100
The use of canals and channels to move water to crops.
What is irrigation
100
This Persian leader declared the first charter of human rights
What is Cyrus the Great
100
They had two reigns within this region; the second empire was led by the Chaldeans
What is the Babylonians
100
This was first used to make pottery and then later attached to vehicles
What is the wheel
100
Founded by the god Nanna, this large Sumerian city was closest to the Persian Gulf
What is Ur
200
A line of rulers from the same family
What is a dynasty
200
He wrote laws down and codified them
What is Hammurabi
200
They ruled the area from 7000 to 2334 BCE
What is the Sumerians
200
Their number system was based on this number
What is 60
200
Mesopotamia literally means this
What is "the land between rivers"
300
The study of God
What is theology
300
He is the hero of an epic poem considered to be the earliest known literature
What is Gilgamesh
300
Their use of iron weapons allowed them to take over this area and introduce a well-developed government administration
What is the Assyrians
300
This was used to bake pottery and bricks
What is a kiln
300
Mesopotamia was located in this modern-day country
What is Iraq
400
A group of countries taken over and ruled by one leader
What is an empire
400
He created a religion based on the struggle between good and evil
What is Zoroaster
400
Led by Sargon the Great, this group ruled for about 200 years
What is the Akkadians
400
This drink was used as a wage for some workers
What is beer
400
These are the two rivers that help define the region
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
500
A temple-like structure shaped like a layered pyramid often found in the middle of a city
What is a ziggurat
500
He built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for his homesick wife
What is Nebuchadnezzar
500
Their empire stretched from India to the Mediterranean Sea and was centered in modern-day Iran
What is the Persians
500
This was based on the phases of the moon and consisted of 12 months of 30 days
What is a calendar
500
This land lies by modern-day Israel and Syria: C--AA-
What is Canaan
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