The Persian Empire started from the homeland of the Persian people, which is today known as this country.
What is Iran?
100
This king ruled the first Babylonia and wrote a set of laws.
Who is King Hammurabi?
100
This was the capital of Assyria.
What is Nineveh?
100
The Sumerian people came up with this tool to make farming easier, which led to less people farming and the development of city-states.
What is the ox and plow?
200
Their job is to write for people who can't and keep records.
What is a scribe?
200
The Persians built this.
What is a road network across the empire?
200
This is what made Babylon rich.
What is trade?
200
This was invented by the Assyrians for battle.
What is the battering ram?
200
The downfall of Sumer was due to this.
What is fighting over resources and wealth?
300
This is the temple that Sumerians believed their gods lived in.
What is a ziggurat?
300
The Persians are famous for this.
What is building the biggest empire that the Fertile Crescent had ever known?
300
This was the king of the New Babylonian Empire under the Chaldeans. He built a gigantic palace and beautiful hanging gardens for his wife who hated the dry plains of Mesopotamia.
Who is King Nebuchadnezzar II?
300
Assyrians were known for being this.
What are skilled warriors?
300
Has its own god, government, army and leader.
What is a city-state?
400
The name Mesopotamia means this.
Land between two rivers.
400
This is the monotheistic religion that Persians believed in.
What is Zoroastrianism?
400
The city of Babylon's location made it a crossroads of trade. These groups of travelers stopped in Babylon on their way between Sumer and Assyria.
What are caravans?
400
The capital of Assyria, was a center of great learning. It was known for this place.
What is a library?
400
The type of script invented by the people in the region of Sumer.
What is cuneiform?
500
Rich and important people were given more favor and you are still guilty even if it was an accident.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
500
The Persians freed Jews held against their will because of this.
What is Persia's tolerance for other cultures and religions?
500
Chaldean farmers cultivated this luxurious treat to eat.
What is honey?
500
Assyria was conquered by this people group.
What are the Chaldeans?
500
The rivers often flooded, and the Sumerians invented these two things to prevent destruction.