Lesson 1
This word is Greek for "land Between the rivers"
Mesopotamia
Sumerians used this type of writing utensil
Reeds
This a system in which water is brought to crops through various dug channels
Irrigation
This ruler developed a strict code of laws for the Babylonians
Hammurabi
This is what a person who studies the stars and planets is called
Astronomer
This is a word for complex societies that have organized governments, culture, and writing
Civilizations
This is a group of traveling merchants
Caravan
This is a word for a territory that has its own government but is not a part of any larger unit
City-State
One of the key factors in the success of the Assyrian army was that they made metal from this material
Iron
This is a term a place that is a political district
Province
This is a form of writing developed by the people of Sumer
Cuneiform
This was the capital city of the Assyrian Empire
Nineveh
This was a small particle carried in flooded rivers in Mesopotamia
Silt
This man was the Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon
This was a type of temple where Sumerian people worshipped their gods
Ziggurat
This is the belief in many different gods
Polytheism
This man created the world's first empire
Sargon
This type of worker made goods
This group strongly influenced the Assyrians
Babylonians
Sailboats, wheel, writing, carts, wooden plow, pottery wheel
This is the world's oldest known story
The Epic of Gilgamesh
This was the name of a set of laws based on the idea "an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth."
Mesopotamia was in between these 2 rivers
The Tigris and the Euphrates
This group took control from the Assyrians
Chaldeans
This city became the capital of the Chaldean Empire
Babylon