Akkadian Empire
The Akkadians conquered this civilization.
What is the Sumerian Civilization?
The Babylonian Empire came after this empire.
What is the Akkadian Empire?
The Assyrians conquered the fertile crescent after this empire.
What is the Babylonian Empire?
Neo means this in English.
What is new?
One government rules several groups.
What is all of them?
This much time passed before the Akkadian Empire fell to new invaders from the north.
What is 200 years?
This was extremely important for the empire's economy.
What is trade?
Although kings ruled Assyria, this was still an important part of the social and political order.
What is religion?
The Neo-Babylonian Empire came after this empire.
What is the Assyrian Empire?
Had tight military formations in which soldiers with shields stand at the front and behind them, soldiers extended spears between the shields.
What is the Akkadian Empire?
Akkadians used these to record important events.
What is a stele?
The king was careful to maintain these systems to make sure the soil stayed fertile.
What are irrigation systems?
The Assyrian Empire lasted about this long.
What is 300 years?
The Babylonians built this around their city.
What are walls/moat?
Dug canals and built aqueducts to bring water to the city
What is the Assyrian Empire?
The Akkadians adopted this writing system from the people they conquered.
What is cuneiform?
The city of Babylon was on the shore of this river.
What is the Euphrates?
This invention was crucial to bring water into the city.
What are aqueducts?
King Nebuchadrezzar (neh-byuh-kuh-DREH-zehr) conquered the land of these people and took many of them captive.
Who are the Israelites.
Wrote a code of laws in order to unify and preserve order in this empire.
What is the Babylonian Empire?
This king led the Akkadians to the fertile crescent to conquer the city-states.
Who is Sargon?
This set of rules is often explained by saying "an eye for an eye".
What is Hammurabi's code?
The Assyrians became very skilled at creating a military blockade and attacking a city to force it to surrender. This is also known as this type of warfare.
What is siege?
These people conquered the Neo-Babylonian Empire after just 75 years.
Who are the Persians?
Created the first sundial, and were skilled in astronomy and mathematics
What is the Neo-Babylonian Empire?