7 Characteristics
Words, Empires, and More oh my!
Leaders/Cities
Sumer
Etc.
100
The invention of the plow would show this characteristic of a civilization.
What is a stable food supply
100
A ziggurat was built on this
What is a parraku
100
This was the capital for the Assyrians
What was Nineveh
100
Sumer is considered to be the first of this in the history of the world
What is a civilization
100
The Nile river flows north into this body of water
What is the Mediterranean Sea
200
Merchants and artisans were in the middle level of this characteristic
What is social structure
200
This was the Akkadians only true achievement
What is being the first empire
200
He was the first leader of the Babylonians
Who was king Hammurabi
200
Sumer is located where these two rivers meet
What is the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
200
This is the number of laws Hammurabi wrote.
What are 282 laws?
300
These are two of the jobs that Kings in Sumer had
What is enforced laws; collected taxes; built temples; built irrigation systems; led the army.
300
This was a primary cause for many of the empire's collapse
What is trying to control too vast a territory; being too big
300
He lead the first empire of Mesopotamia
Who was Sargon the Great
300
This was often found located in the center of a city-state.
What is a ziggurat
300
This empire was the first to build and use battering rams.
Who are the Assyrians
400
Ziggurats were a key part in this characteristic.
What is religion
400
These prove that Sumer had a stable food supply.
What are a plow, irrigation, domesticated animals?
400
These are the three main city-states of Sumer
What is Ur, Uruk, and Eridu
400
This is the belief in many gods.
What is polytheism
400
A king built this for his wife who missed the mountains of her homeland
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
500
The Sumerians created a written language called this
What is Cuneiform
500
This empire was believed to be the most fearsome and cruel of all the empires
Who were the Assyrians
500
He was the leader of the Neo-Babylonians
Who was King Nebuchadnezzar
500
This was the downfall of the Sumerians.
What is infighting that left them open to attacks?
500
This is the name of the oldest written document in the world.
What is the Instructions of Shurrupak
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