Mesopotamia
What is the name of the fertile area of land that was used for farming?
Fertile Crescent
The writing system made of wedge-shaped marks is called ____________________.
cuneiform
Who is the most famous king of Babylonian Empire?
King Hammurabi
Which leader set free 40,000 Jewish slaves after conquering more territory in Mesopotamia?
Cyrus The Great
A person who sees a crime happen is a ____________________.
witness
The _______ and _______ were the two rivers that provided rich soil for farming in the Fertile Crescent.
Tigris, Euphrates
A political unit made up of a city and the land around it is called a ____________________.
city-state
What is the most famous quote from Hammurabi's Code?
"Eye for an eye"
Who did Cyrus free when he became king?
slaves
A person who takes care of sheep is called a ____________________.
shepherd
What invention was used that helped divert water from the rivers to the fields that would be done by digging?
irrigation
The Sumerians based the 12 month calendar off of phases of the _________.
moon
What is the Babylon Empire most famous for doing first?
Having Laws
What was a new construction project in the Persian Empire that helped with transportation?
roads
Early societies depended on ____________________ to grow food and survive.
farming/irrigation
One of the major inventions that helped Civilizations in Mesopotamia transport goods around the land was the invention of the ___________.
Wheel
Sumerians based time off of what number?
60
In a ____________________, a judge or group decides if someone is ____________________ or ____________________.
court,
guilty/innocent (either order)
What was the name of the clay artifact that Cyrus presented to his empire, and of which we honor today in the form of an LA monument.
Cyrus Cylinder
Which Civilization that we learned about was the largest?
Persians
What was the first Civilization to form in Mesopotamia?
Sumerians
Tools in this empire changed from being made out of stone to now being made out of ________.
medal/iron
Describe one of Hammurabi's Codes
Builder: If the house falls down the builder pays with his life
Builder: If the house falls down and kills a child of the family of the house, then his own child would be killed
If people that were sentenced to death in the river lived then the gods believed they were innocent and the accuser would pay the price for accusing an innocent person
There are many more: Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
____________________ was a famous ruler who allowed people in his empire to have ____________________.
Cyrus the Great, Religious Freedom/ Freedom of Culture/ Freedom to speak other languages
What are three of the many reasons as to why the Mesopotamians needed writing?
record keeping
business transactions
myths
religion
communication
education
teaching
learning