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This is a Sumerian system of writing using wedge-shaped marks that were pressed into clay tablets and represented ideas or sounds.
What is cuneiform?
This Code was a collection of laws that set fines and punishments for justice and governed life in the Babylonian empire.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
This is the earliest known literary work, written around 2000 BCE.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Mesopotamia is the region that lies between these 2 rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
This word means to train the growth of a plant or animal in a way that is useful to humans
What is domesticate?
This king of Babylon strengthened his rule by building an army, leading attacks,creating a strong government, and establishing a set of laws that governed life throughout his reign.
Who is Hammurabi?
This king ruled over the Sumerian city-state of Kish and established the first empire by conquering other cities in Sumer and Mesopotamia.
Who is Sargon?
This is one of the places where early human farmers flourished.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
This society arose in northwest Mesopotamia in 2450 BCE. It was a powerful civilization with skilled warriors that established one of the first empires in history.
Who were the Akkadians?
This group of people who lived in ancient Mesopotamia is known for being the world’s first civilization, writing in cuneiform, and building the world's first cities.
Who are the Sumerians?
Located near Baghdad, Iraq, this society was known for a famous king’s law code, their advanced knowledge of astronomy and mathematics, and their famous Hanging Gardens.
Who were the Babylonians?
This civilization in ancient Anatolia (present-day Turkey) was known for their skills in metalworking and their successful military conquests. They settled in central Turkey in the 1800s BCE.
Who were the Hittites?
This powerful empire in ancient Mesopotamia was known for its ruthless warfare tactics. Rulers of this civilization divided the empire into 70 smaller units called provinces, each led by its own governor.
Who were the Assyrians?
This civilization in ancient Iran was known for their vast empire that stretched from Egypt to India, as well as their tolerance towards different cultures and religions. King Cyrus became its ruler in 559 BCE.
Who were the Persians?
This is the meaning of the word "Mesopotamia"
What is "between the rivers?"
This empire brought the kingdom of Judah into exile.
What is Babylon?
This empire brought the kingdom of Israel into exile.
What is Assyria?